Kotlin in Action
by Dmitry Jemerov, Svetlana Isakova · first published 2017
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Kotlin in Action guides experienced Java developers from the language basics of Kotlin all the way through building applications to run on the JVM and Android devices.
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…First Java * Think Java * Clean Code * Pragmatic Programmer * Effective Java * Refactoring * Java Concurrency in Practice * Test Driven * Head First Design Patterns * Release It! * Kotlin in Action * Spring in Action * Spring Boot in Action * Cloud Native Java * Spring Microservices in Action * Learning Spring Boot 2.0 Feel free to add more suggestions for the list. Also make sure to…
on “Best Java Books in 2019” ↗…long time with coroutines. I read a tutorial or official documentation here and there, got the gist of it, but things got fuzzy soon enough. But I want to recommend the 3rd chapter of the 2nd edition of "Kotlin in Action". This is the best description of coroutines I've ever read and I finally got the feeling that I understood the whole thing! https://www.manning.com/books/kotlin-in-action-second-editio...
on “My Thoughts on Kotlin: Perspectives after 4 years” ↗…IDEs offer is deep introspection into the language. You use a reference, the IDE can auto-import the package for you. When learning a new language, knowing what package to import is invaluable. Even the Kotlin in Action book from Manning Publications flat out says, "the IDE will automatically import that for you". It was quite a turn-off but.... it's a nice language, so when I write it, I have to use IntelliJ.
on “Generating a Java program with 90% less code” ↗