Kotlin Fundamentals for OO-Programmers

Seminarziel

The goal of this Kotlin training is to equip object-oriented programmers with the essential knowledge and skills needed to confidently work with Kotlin. By the end of the training, participants will:

• Understand Kotlin's motivation, history, and advantages over Java.
• Master Kotlin basics, including data types, functions, variables, control structures, and exception handling.
• Embrace Kotlin's object-oriented programming features, such as class declaration, inheritance, interfaces, extensions, enum classes, and delegation.
• Explore advanced topics like lambda expressions, coroutines, nullability handling, annotations, and building DSLs.
• Apply Kotlin in real-world scenarios, including project setup, integration with frameworks like Spring, documentation, testing, and Java interoperability.

Inhalt

• Introduction to Kotlin
  • What is Kotlin?
  • History and origins
  • Advantages of Kotlin over Java
  • Use cases and application areas
  • Kotlin's philosophy and design principles
  • Overview of Kotlin tools and IDE support
• Basic Concepts in Kotlin
  • Data types and literals
  • Strings and regular expressions
  • Collections and arrays
  • Functions and variables
  • Control structures (if, for, while, etc.)
  • Exception handling in Kotlin
• Object-Oriented Programming in Kotlin
  • Declaring classes and objects
  • Inheritance and polymorphism
  • Interfaces and abstract classes
  • Extension functions and properties
  • Enum classes and sealed classes
  • Data classes for modeling data
  • Delegation and composition
  • Working with generics in Kotlin
• Advanced Kotlin Features
  • Lambda expressions and higher-order functions
  • Functional programming with Kotlin
  • Asynchronous programming with coroutines
  • Handling nullability with nullable and non-null types
  • Type system features in Kotlin
  • Annotations and reflection in Kotlin
  • Building domain-specific languages (DSLs) in Kotlin
• Kotlin in Practice
  • Building projects with Gradle and Kotlin
  • Integrating Kotlin with Maven-based projects
  • Developing web applications with Kotlin and Spring/Spring Boot
  • Documenting Kotlin code with KotlinDoc and external tools
  • Writing tests for Kotlin code using testing frameworks
  • Interoperability with Java: Calling Java code from Kotlin
  • Interoperability with Java: Calling Kotlin code from Java
  • Exploring the Kotlin Standard Library
  • Overview of popular and useful Kotlin libraries and frameworks