GOTO Academy NL

VIRTUAL | May 11th-15th, 2020 | Venkat Subramaniam | Only 5 spots available at this price

Price:

€ 499.00

Description

'Programming in Kotlin' at a glance
Price:	€499 excl. VAT Only 5 spots available at this price
Duration:	5 days, 13:30-18:00 CET
Location & Delivery	Location: GOTO Academy (VIRTUAL CLASS) Course delivered in English
Interesting for:	Programmers, team leaders, and architects who are interested in learning and creating software systems using Kotlin.

Why should you attend?

Kotlin is a language that is gaining immense popularity for a few good reasons. It is a language that has been built from the strengths and powerful features of many different languages. This masterclass has been designed to bring your team up to speed on Kotlin so they can be quickly productive in using the language.

This masterclass has a good balance of interactive lectures and hands-on exercises. The attendees are expected to pair-up and work on the lab exercises. The instructor will assist the attendees as they work on the labs. The objective of the course is for the attendees to gain an in depth practical knowledge of the concepts so they can put them to immediate use on their real projects.

Who is this masterclass for?

Programmers, team leaders, and architects who are interested in learning and creating software systems using Kotlin.

Approximate schedule each day:

Agenda: Day 1

Building Kotlin Code

Why Kotlin?
Compiling
Bundling Kotlin
Using the REPL
Running as a Script
Compiling to Java bytecode
Compiling to JavaScript
Exercises

Kotlin Essentials

Defining variables and constants
String Templates
Raw Strings
Expressions over statements
Type Inference
Exercises

Working with Functions

Creating Functions
Default and Named Arguments
varargs and spread
Destructuring
Exercises

Agenda: Day 2

Collections

Java Collections in Kotlin
Pair and Triple
Generics
Variance
Sequences
Iteration
Exercises

Types and Argument Matching

Types in Kotlin
Type Safety
Nullable
Casting when as a statement and an expression

Extension Functions on Any: let,also,apply,run
Exercises

Agenda: Day 3

Classes and OO Programming

Creating Classes
Inheritance
Writing Constructors
Overriding Methods
Data Classes
Exercises

Delegation and Extensions

Extension Methods
Delegation
Lazy
Creating custom delegations
Exercises

Functional Programming in Kotlin

Imperative vs Functional
Kotlin's Lambdas
Idioms and styles in Kotlin
Lexical vs dynamic scoping
Inline functions with lambdas
Non-local returns and labeled returns
Exercises

Agenda: Day 4

Internal Iterators and Lazy Evaluation

External vs internal iterators
Filter, map, reduce
Flatten and flatmap
Sorting and grouping
Sequences and infinite series
Exercises

Coroutines

Asynchronous Programming
Why use coroutines?
Making use of Coroutines
Internal representations
Exercises

Creating DSLs

Creating Fluent Syntax
Infix
Learning about implicit objects
Designing DSLs
Exercises

Agenda: Day 5

Java Integration

Calling Java code from Kotlin
Calling Kotlin code from Java
Keeping an eye on interops
Exercises

Automated Testing with Kotlin

Test Driven Development
Empirical vs Interaction Tests
Data Driven Tests
Mocking out dependencies
Testing Coroutines
Exercises

Are there any prerequisites?

Knowledge of programming fundamentals is required and some knowledge of Java will be helpful.

About the trainer Venkat Subramaniam

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, co-founder of dev.next Conference, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.

He has trainer and mentored thousands of software developers in the US,Canada,Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.

You can connect with Venkat on Twitter @venkat_s