{"product_id":"kotlin-in-action-second-edition","title":"Kotlin in Action, Second Edition","description":"Expert guidance and amazing examples from Kotlin core developers! It’s everything you need to get up and running fast.\n\nKotlin in Action, Second Edition takes you from language basics to building production-quality applications that take advantage of Kotlin’s unique features. Discover how the language handles everything from statements and functions to classes and types, and the unique features that make Kotlin programming so seamless.\n\nIn Kotlin in Action, Second Edition you will learn:\n\nKotlin statements and functions, and classes and types Functional programming on the JVM The Kotlin standard library and out-of-the-box features Writing clean and idiomatic code Combining Kotlin and Java Improve code reliability with null safety Domain-specific languages Kotlin coroutines and flows Mastering the kotlinx.coroutines library\nKotlin in Action, Second Edition is a complete guide to the Kotlin language written especially for readers familiar with Java or another OO language. Its authors—all core Kotlin language developers and Kotlin team members—share their unique insights, along with practical techniques and hands-on examples. This new second edition is fully updated to include the latest innovations, and it adds new chapters dedicated to coroutines, flows, and concurrency.\n\nPurchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF and ePub formats from Manning Publications.\n\nAbout the technology\n\nKotlin is a low-hassle, high-productivity programming language flexible enough to handle any web, mobile, cloud, and enterprise application. Java developers will appreciate the simple syntax, intuitive type system, excellent tooling, and support for functional-style programming. Plus, since Kotlin runs on the JVM, it integrates seamlessly with existing Java code, libraries, and frameworks, including Spring and Android.\n\nAbout the book\n\nKotlin in Action, Second Edition teaches you Kotlin techniques you can use for almost any type of application, from enterprise services to Android apps. The authors are all members of the Kotlin team, so you can trust that even the gnarly details are dead accurate. You’ll start with Kotlin fundamentals, learning how the language handles everything from statements and functions to classes and types, and about its unique features that make Kotlin programming so seamless.\n\nAs you progress through this masterful book, you’ll get hands-on with the Kotlin standard library, functional programming in Kotlin, and advanced features such as generics and reflection. And this updated second edition now covers coroutines and structured concurrency to help you create efficient high-performance applications.\n\nWhat's inside\n\nGuidance from members of the Kotlin team Domain-specific languages Kotlin coroutines and flows\nAbout the reader\n\nFor readers familiar with Java or another OO language.\n\nAbout the author\n\nSebastian Aigner is a Developer Advocate at JetBrains, and host of the Talking Kotlin podcast. Roman Elizarov was the lead designer of the Kotlin language. JetBrains Developer Advocate, Svetlana Isakova, was a member of the Kotlin compiler team. Dmitry Jemerov is one of Kotlin’s initial developers.\n\nTable of Contents\n\nPART 1\n1 Kotlin: What and why\n2 Kotlin basics\n3 Defining and calling functions\n4 Classes, objects, and interfaces\n5 Programming with lambdas\n6 Working with collections and sequences\n7 Working with nullable values\n8 Basic types, collections, and arrays\nPART 2\n9 Operator overloading and other conventions\n10 Higher-order functions: Lambdas as parameters and return values\n11 Generics\n12 Annotations and reflection\n13 DSL construction\nPART 3\n14 Coroutines\n15 Structured concurrency\n16 Flows\n17 Flow operators\n18 Error handling and testing\nAPPENDIXES\nA Building Kotlin projects\nB Documenting Kotlin code\nC The Kotlin ecosystem\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 161729960X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.161729960X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Aigner, Sebastian|Elizarov, Roman|Jemerov, Dmitry|Isakova, Svetlana\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43337746055229,"sku":"BVV.161729960X.G","price":27.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/161729960X-0.jpg?v=1783892988","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/kotlin-in-action-second-edition","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}