Gateway Software Symposium
April 6 - 7, 2018
Kotlin for Java Programmers
Saturday - Apr 7 4:30 PM CDT - WESTWOOD
Kotlin is a language that brings the strengths and capabilities of multiple languages into one. If you have looked at two or three different languages and said “I wish I could do this, that, and that also,” well now you can, thanks to Kotlin. In this presentation we will learn the key benefits and power of this exciting language.
Ways to compile and run
Using REPL
Typing
Creating functions
Working with lambdas and functional style
Destructuring and other interesting features
Null types
Using Extension methods
Classes, objects, and inheritance
Delegation
Creating DSLs
Venkat Subramaniam
Founder @ Agile Developer, Inc.
About Venkat Subramaniam
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.
He has trained 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.
Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.