Kotlin for Java Developers
Use your Java skills to learn Kotlin fast. Enhance career prospects and master Kotlin, including Java interoperability
Are you a Java developer wondering if you need to learn Kotlin?
Maybe you are an experienced Java developer who wants to learn Kotlin quickly, to be prepared for future project work.
Perhaps instead, you’re an Android app developer who knows Java well, but you want to be able to move forward with Kotlin for new Android development work.
Well, with Google’s recent focus on Kotlin for Android app development, this language has been launched into the mainstream, and you can be sure you will be seeing a lot more about it. It’s also highly likely that you will be working with Kotlin in your Java projects in the near future.
Because Kotlin works anywhere Java works, and can even be called from Java code (and vice-versa), this brings with it a massive opportunity for Java developers. Being able to work with both Java and Kotlin is going to give you a massive advantage over other programmers.
This course was designed to teach Java developers how to use Kotlin in the shortest possible time.
Sarah Ettritch, your course instructor, is an experienced Java and Kotlin developer, with many years of software development experience. She is uniquely qualified to teach you how to use this powerful and exciting language.
While you won’t learn Android app development in this course, you will learn Kotlin, and also the key differences between Kotlin and Java.
There is an entire section dedicated to Java interoperability, which is vital for all Java developers to learn.
In addition, the Kotlin syntax is explored in detail.
Over sixteen hours of videos are included in the course, making it one of the most comprehensive courses on the language.
Now is the perfect time for you to learn Kotlin, while it’s relatively new. It has been around for a while, but only now is it being thrust into the limelight.
It’s absolutely vital for Java developers to learn Kotlin to maximize future career opportunities. Objective-C developers who failed to transition to Swift, or were too slow doing so, were left behind. Don’t make the same mistake they did!
If you are ready to greatly increase your career prospects by adding Kotlin experience to your skills and knowledge, then sign up for the course today.
Requirements
- Ideally, have at least a basic knowledge of Java (not essential)
- A computer running Windows, Mac OS X or Linux
What you will learn
- Create Kotlin programs
- Understand the differences between Java and Kotlin
- Understand how Java and Kotlin programs interoperate
Who should attend
- Java programmers wanting to learn Kotlin
Is available on google app?
Yes
Is available on ios?
Yes
Course Features
- Lectures 90
- Quizzes 0
- Exercises 0
- Duration 17 total hours
- Skill level All Levels
- Students 13158
- Last Updated July, 2020
Introduction to the Course
Introduction to Kotlin
Basic Differences Between Kotlin and Java
Data Types and Null Reference Handling
OO and Kotlin: Classes, Functions, Inheritance
Loops, and the If, When, and Try/Catch Expressions
Lambda Expressions, Collections, and Generics
File I/O
Java Interoperability
Course Wrap Up
Extra Information - Source code, and other stuff
5 months ago
Steve Hahn
A bit too verbose for experienced Java programmers.
5 months ago
Linn Hallström
very thorough
5 months ago
Vinay G Raj
I liked the way its been taught !
6 months ago
Abhish Lohithan
Precise
7 months ago
Praveen Pandey
I have been looking online for many courses which kind of takes me through fundamentals of how things are working since I am coming from java background. This course gives a good overview of concepts and I am glad I am going through this. However I understand it is out of scope of this course but will be good to have concepts of Coroutines and Sealed classes and their working under the hood, would appreciate if you could cover those.
7 months ago
Stuart Thomas
A superb course to get you started with Kotlin. The instructor is very knowledgeable and engaging. The sections are concise but give a lot of detail and offer alternative ways of doing things. The challenges give you a chance to practice what you have learned. The sections on covariance and invariance are particularly good - if you've never fully grasped these concepts in java this part of the course really makes it clear why you need it. Highly, highly recommended
7 months ago
Philip Cutting
Good refresher and into for java users.
7 months ago
Edward Waudby
Excellent course overall. Very clear and concise. I found section 2 (introduction to Kotlin) and its examination of the java program a little unhelpful and I nearly gave up on the course at that point. However, I'm glad I stuck with it. A small criticism is that I found the section on collections hard going. It was probably too long to keep everything in my head in preparation for the 'challenge' at the end of the section. I had forgotten some of the earlier stuff by the time I got to the end. Aside from those minor (very minor) gripes, it was an excellent course and Sarah is demonstrably a very skilled practitioner. I think it would be VERY beneficial to include some sort of Kotlin cheat sheet in the introductory section. I found I kept losing track of the syntax
7 months ago
Dusan Kostic
Perfect course! Exactly what is needed if you are switching from Java to Kotlin. Good thing is that it is a general Kotlin course, so you are not constrained to the Android or any other platform. It is a long course, but worth every second
7 months ago
Hugo Lecona Medina
As long as it goes I think the course has been excellent for me cause I've learned a lot about Kotlin and besides Kotlin is much more concise than Java. It'll save me a lot of time coding
