Springing into Kotlin: How to Make the Magic even more Magical

Developing applications with Spring Boot is already a pretty magical experience, but could it be better? Can the magic get any more powerful than it already is?

In this talk, we'll look at how Kotlin can be used to reduce boilerplate, increase code quality, and elevate your wizardry. The presenter will demonstrate how to incorporate Kotlin into your existing Spring applications and "level up" your code. (Robes optional)

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1. Springing into Kotlin How to make the Magic even more Magical Mark Heckler Principal Technologist/Spring Developer Advocate mark@thehecklers.com mheckler@pivotal.io @mkheck
2. @mkheck www.thehecklers.com Who am I? • Author • Architect & Developer • Java Champion, Rockstar • Professional Problem Solver • Spring Developer & Advocate • Creador y curador de
3. @mkheck www.thehecklers.com –Arthur C. Clarke “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
4. @mkheck www.thehecklers.com Goals Answer the “whys” Why switch from Java? What do we gain? Is it worth it? Quick victories Laying groundwork for long-term gains
5. @mkheck www.thehecklers.com Let’s code!
6. @mkheck www.thehecklers.com
7. @mkheck www.thehecklers.com Helpful resources https://github.com/mkheck/spring-into-kotlin https://spring.io/ http://kotlinlang.org/ https://kotlin.link/