Kotlin for Android App Development (Paperback)

Write More Robust and Maintainable Android Apps with KotlinPeter Sommerhoff takes a practical approach to teaching Kotlin providing a larger set of code listings that demonstrate language features and guiding readers through the development of two Android apps step step. . . . Peter finds a good balance between what is essential and what can be left to readers, so this book is an efficient yet comprehensible source for starting programming with Kotlin.�Bernhard Rumpe, Professor of Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen UniversityThe Kotlin language brings state-of-the-art programming techniques and constructs to Android development. Kotlin for Android App Development will help you rapidly understand Kotlins principles and techniques, apply Kotlin in production app development, integrate Kotlin with existing Java code, and plan a migration to Kotlin, if you choose.If you have at least basic programming experience (with any language), Peter Sommerhoffs well-crafted overview and examples will help you get quickly up-to-speed with the Kotlin language, its constructs, and its advanced functional and object-oriented capabilities.Once youve mastered these foundations, Sommerhoff walks you through two complete app development projects, introducing best practices and emerging patterns for writing code thats robust, concise, readable, and highly performant. Understand Kotlins goals, principles, advantages, design, and constructs Take full advantage of functional programming in the Kotlin environment Write more concise and reusable code using Kotlins object-oriented features Interoperate with existing Java code, and plan a migration to Kotlin Use coroutines to efficiently handle concurrency Capture data via third-party APIs, map it to internal data representations, and present it to users Master best practices for architecting Kotlin Android apps Improve productivity and readability creating simple domain-specific languages in Kotlin Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.