A Lightning-Quick Introduction to Kotlin by Ian Brandt

A quick introduction to Kotlin for Java developers.

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1. A Lightning-Quick Introduction to Kotlin By Ian Brandt
2. Ian Brandt ianbrandt.com twitter.com/ianbrandt linkedin.com/in/ianbrandt Principal Software Engineer @ NextGen Executive Director @ Brandt Academy Founder @ SD Kotlin Director @ SDJUG
3. :07min. Kotlin!
4. Why not :06?
5. How?! Talk real fast! Take no prisoners! Take no questions! (See me after, or come to an SD Kotlin meeting.)
6. Any Questions?
7. What is Kotlin? A modern programming language created by JetBrains Open Source (Apache 2.0) Conceived in 2010 1.0 Released in 2016 (Languages are hard) 1.3 RC out now
8. What is Kotlin? Inspired by Java, Scala, Groovy, C#, Spec#, JavaScript, Swift, Objective-C, Python, Gosu, Eiffel Highly interoperable with Java Huge on Android (Officially supported by Google since 2017)
9. What is Kotlin? Compiles to JavaScript (Browser, NodeJS) Compiles to Native (iOS, MacOS, Windows, Linux, WebAssembly, IoT) Multi-platform project support
10. Where is Kotlin? Kotlin is an island in the Baltic Sea, west of Saint Petersburg, Russia As opposed to Java, an island in Indonesia, southeast of Singapore
11. Why Kotlin? Readability, Reuse, Interoperability, Safety, Tooling ~40% less code vs. Java Makes doing the right thing easier (Effective Java) Write once, run anywhere
12. Let’s Code!
13. Where can I learn more? • The San Diego Kotlin User Group • kotlinlang.org ◦ FAQ ◦ Comparison to Java • KotlinConf ‘18 Videos
14. Let’s slack off! http://slack.kotl.in #san-diego
15. Try Kotlin Online https://try.kotlinlang.org/
16. Find these slides on Speaker Deck https://speakerdeck.com/ianbrandt
17. Thank You!