Lea Kotlin for Android Development:The Next Generation Language for Mode Android Apps Programming

by: Peter Späth (Author)
Edition:1st ed.

Publication Date: 30 May 2019

Language: English

Print Length: 532 pages

ISBN-10: 1484244664

ISBN-13: 9781484244661

Book Description

Build Android apps and lea the essentials of the popular Kotlin programming language and APIs. This book will teach you the key Kotlin skills and techniques important for creating your very own Android apps. Apart from introducing Kotlin programming, Lea Kotlin for Android Development stresses clean code principles and introduces object-oriented and functional programming as a starting point for developing Android apps. After reading and using this book, you'll have a foundation to take away and apply to your own Kotlin-based Android app development. You'll be able to write useful and efficient Kotlin-based apps for Android, using most of the features Kotlin as a language has to offer. What You Will LeaBuild your first Kotlin app that runs on AndroidWork with Kotlin classes and objects for AndroidUse constructs, loops, decisions, and scopes Carry out operations on data Master data containers, arrays, and collectionsHandle exceptions and access exteal librariesWho This Book Is ForVery little programming experience is required:no prior knowledge of Kotlin needed.
From the Back Cover Build Android apps and lea the essentials of the popular Kotlin programming language and APIs. This book will teach you the key Kotlin skills and techniques important for creating your very own Android apps. Apart from introducing Kotlin programming, Lea Kotlin for Android Development stresses clean code principles and introduces object-oriented and functional programming as a starting point for developing Android apps. After reading and using this book, you'll have a foundation to take away and apply to your own Kotlin-based Android app development. You'll be able to write useful and efficient Kotlin-based apps for Android, using most of the features Kotlin as a language has to offer. You will:Build your first Kotlin app that runs on AndroidWork with Kotlin classes and objects for AndroidUse constructs, loops, decisions, and scopes Carry out operations on data Master data containers, arrays, and collectionsHandle exceptions and access exteal libraries
About the Author
Peter Späth consults, trains/teaches and writes books on various subjects, with a primary focus on software development. With a wealth of experience in Java-related languages, the release of Kotlin for building Android Apps made him enthusiastic about writing books for Kotlin development in the Android environment. He also graduated in 2002 as a physicist and soon afterward became an IT consultant, mainly for Java related projects.