Kotlin: A better way to Java

As presented at the 2019 Google Developer Group Cloud Next Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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1. Kotlin A better way to Java Atiq Ur Rehman @TheMaxCoder
2. Atiq Ur Rehman - Freelance Android Developer @TheMaxCoder
3. Introduction Developed by JetBrains - Team behind intelliJ IDEA
4. Introduction Developed by JetBrains - Team behind intelliJ IDEA It was developed with Java developers in mind
5. Introduction First-Class language for Android Apps - I/O 2017
6. Android development will become increasingly Kotlin-first
8. https://appdevelopermagazine.com/why-kotlin-language-use-is-skyrocketing/
9. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019/#top-paying-technologies
10. Over 50% of professional Android developers now use Kotlin
11. Adopting Kotlin
12. Concise?
13. JAVA KOTLIN
14. Safe?
16. Java Interoperable
17. Language Features • Extension function • High order function • Default and named arguments
18. Adopting Kotlin • Professional Growth
21. https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019/#top-paying-technologies
22. Adopting Kotlin • Professional Growth • Java will become obsolete in coming years
23. Resources
24. Developing Android Apps with Kotlin https://eu.udacity.com/course/developing-android-apps-with-kotlin--ud9012
25. Android Kotlin Fundamentals
26. Kotlin for Java developers - Coursera
27. Google Samples • Github - https://github.com/googlesamples
28. Podcast - Talking Kotlin • http://talkingkotlin.com/
29. Newsletter • http://talkingkotlin.com/
30. Invest in yourself
31. Thank You! Slack Community of 150+ Pakistani Android Developers from all over the world http://bit.ly/androiddevs-pakistan TheMaxCoderr