Kotlin for Beginners: Learn Programming With Kotlin [Updated 11/2020]

Learn Kotlin from scratch! Grasp object-orientation and idiomatic Kotlin to realize coding projects and Android apps!

What you'll learn

Create professional applications using Kotlin, the new Java-based programming language developed by Jetbrains
Understand the concepts of the Kotlin language and how it integrates neatly with Java
Understand the basics of object-oriented software development, the most important development paradigm
Understand the principles behind other object-oriented languages like Java, C++, PHP, C#, Scala, or Swift
Use Intellij, the popular Java (and Kotlin) IDE, to write code effectively and professionally
Read code and write your Kotlin code as well

Requirements

We will go through all setup you need in order to use Kotlin
You must be able to install new software on your computer (JDK + IntelliJ), we will go through the actual process inside the course.

Description

This course will teach you programming in Kotlin! We begin with the basics so this course is completely suitable for beginners. You will put what you learn into practice in several coding challenges. So at the end, you'll be able to create your own applications in Kotlin.

If you're an Android developer, you can use this course to get up to speed with this awesome language. Kotlin will allow you to maintain a cleaner and more expressive code base, use concepts that go beyond even Java 8, and write more robust apps for Android.

Topics covered include:

Variables & nullable types (null safety)
Conditionals: if and when
Loops: for and while
Functions
Object orientation: classes, objects, interfaces, inheritance etc.
Data classes (a handy feature in Kotlin)
UPDATE: more object-orientation + binary and hexadecimal numbers
UPDATE: the information hiding principle + generics

This course also covers object-orientation, the major development paradigm you need to grasp in today's world. But we will also look at functional programming concepts that will make your life much easier.

Once you understand these, you will also be able to understand other object-oriented languages, including Java, PHP, C++, C#, Scala, or Swift. They all use this same basic paradigms.

So get in now to help shape this course and become part of the community inside!

Who this course is for:

You do not need programming skills, we will start from scratch and slowly make our way to intermediate and more advanced topics
You should be excited to learn an awesome new programming language!
You will need basic skills in handling a PC, so you should know how to install and run applications on your computer.
Android developers who want to get started with Kotlin