Get to know the building blocks of Kotlin and best practices when using quality world-class applicationsKey FeaturesLearn to build exciting and scalable Android and web applications (both the server-side and client-side parts) with your Kotlin skillsDive into the great ecosystem of Kotlin frameworks and libraries through projects that youll build using this bookThis project-based guide contains clear instructions to help you extend your applications across a wide domainBook DescriptionKotlin is a powerful language that has applications in a wide variety of fields. It is a concise, safe, interoperable, and tool-friendly language. The Android team has also announced first-class support for Kotlin, which is an added boost to the language. Kotlins growth is fueled through carefully designed business and technology benefits.The collection of projects demonstrates the versatility of the language and enables you to build standalone applications on your own. Youll build comprehensive applications using the various features of Kotlin. Scale, performance, and high availability lie at the heart of the projects, and the lessons learned throughout this book.Youll learn how to build a social media aggregator app that will help you efficiently track various feeds, develop a geospatial webservice with Kotlin and Spring Boot, build responsive web applications with Kotlin, build a REST API for a news feed reader, and build a server-side chat application with Kotlin.It also covers the various libraries and frameworks used in the projects. Through the course of building applications, youll not only get to grips with the various features of Kotlin, but youll also discover how to design and prototype professional-grade applications.What you will learnSee how Kotlins power and versatility make it a great choice to create applications across various platforms, and how it delivers business and technology benefitsWrite a robust web applications using Kotlin with Spring BootWrite Android applications with ease using KotlinWrite rich desktop applications in KotlinLearn how Kotlin can generate Javascript and how this can be used on client side and server side developmentUnderstand how native applications can be written with Kotlin/NativeLearn the practical aspects of programming in each of the applicationsWho This Book Is ForThis practical guide is for programmers who are already familiar with Kotlin. If you are familiar with Kotlin and want to put your knowledge to work, then this is the book for you. Kotlin programming knowledge is a must.Table of ContentsThe Power of KotlinGeospatial MessengerSocial Media Aggregator Android AppWeather App Using Kotlin for JavaScriptChat Application with Server-side JavaScript GenerationNews Feed - REST APICSV Reader in Kotlin NativeDictionary Desktop Application - Tornado FX
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