Kotlin in Action

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About the Authors

About the Cover Illustration

1. Introducing Kotlin

Chapter 1. Kotlin: what and why

1.1. A taste of Kotlin

1.2. Kotlin’s primary traits

1.2.1. Target platforms: server-side, Android, anywhere Java runs

1.2.2. Statically typed

1.2.3. Functional and object-oriented

1.2.4. Free and open source

1.3. Kotlin applications

1.3.1. Kotlin on the server side

1.3.2. Kotlin on Android

1.4. The philosophy of Kotlin

1.4.1. Pragmatic

1.4.2. Concise

1.4.3. Safe

1.4.4. Interoperable

1.5. Using the Kotlin tools

1.5.1. Compiling Kotlin code

1.5.2. Plug-in for IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio

1.5.3. Interactive shell ...