It takes a week to travel the 8,000 miles overland from Java to Kotlin. If you're an experienced Java developer who has tried the Kotlin language, you were probably productive in about the same time. You'll have found that they do things differently in Kotlin, though. Nullability is important, collections are different, and classes are final by default. Kotlin is more functional, but what does that mean, and how should it change the way that you program? And what about all that Java code that you still have to support? Your tour guides Duncan and Nat first made the trip in 2015, and they've since helped many teams and individuals follow in their footsteps. Travel with them as they break the route down into legs like Optional to Nullable, Beans to Values, and Open to Sealed Classes. Each explains a key concept and then shows how to refactor production Java to idiomatic Kotlin, gradually and safely, while maintaining interoperability. The resulting code is simpler, more expressive, and easier to change. By the end of the journey, you'll be confident in refactoring Java to Kotlin, writing Kotlin from scratch, and managing a mixed language codebase as it evolves over time.
Pack up the family car, hit the road, and entertain the kids for the entire trip - no phones or screens required! Adventure Awaits! Road Trip Activities & Travel Journal for Kids is a must-have activity book/journal for kids to enjoy as you reach your destination. Including car games, mad libs, puzzles, writing prompts, questionnaires, interview ideas, scavenger hunts, brainteasers, and more, this road trip book is filled with more than 50 entertaining activities and endless fun. Design your own license plate, sketch your souvenirs, fill in bingo cards with what you find from looking out the window, and enjoy the journey as much as the vacation itself! Author Kristy Alpert is an award-winning freelance travel journalist and has work featured in Fodor's Travel, Travel Weekly, Yahoo! Travel, Refinery29, AFAR, and several other popular publications.
This updated edition of Rock Climbing Washington features more than 1,500 routes throughout the state of Washington. Explore the granite cliffs of Index, Leavenworth, Darrington, and Tieton River Canyon; tackle the exposed alpine routes on the spires at Washington Pass; or hang from steep sport climbs at North Bend, Frenchman Coulee, and Marcus and China Bend near Spokane.
The National Geographic Kids Ultimate U.S. Road Trip Atlas includes easy-to-read, simple road maps of each state and Washington, D. C., along with a map of the United States. State symbols, cool things to do, boredom busters, fun facts, wacky roadside attractions and games accompany the maps and provide engaging information with stunning photographs that will keep kids busy for hours.
The birthplace of American rock climbing, Colorado provides a greater variety of rock and routes than any other state—and Rock Climbing Colorado is the only guidebook available to all its major climbing areas. This updated edition includes hundreds of routes. Included are the big cliffs and faces of Rocky Mountain National Park and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, as well as the smaller crags and outcrops of Pikes Peak, Boulder, Rifle, Shelf Road, Elevenmile Canyon, and many more. All areas covered include first-hand overviews, route descriptions, topos, and full-color photos. Rock Climbing Colorado is ideal for anyone aiming to discover, or rediscover, the diverse and wonderful rock climbing found in the Centennial State.
Road Biking Colorado features 40 of the best road biking routes in Colorado. Complete with GPS coordinates, detailed mile-by-mile directions, and intimate details of what you'll see along the way, this guide is perfect for the recreational rider. Also included are color maps and photos, and safety tips and notes on local attractions.
Quickly master Kotlin by practicing what you learn KEY FEATURES ● Understand Kotlin concepts and best practices. ● Apply what you learn in eight engaging interactive projects. ● Build real-world applications, including REST APIs and serverless deployments. DESCRIPTION Kotlin Crash Course is a fast-paced, hands-on introduction to Kotlin, preparing readers to build robust applications efficiently using the latest language features and best practices. The book is divided into comprehensive chapters that cover key Kotlin programming topics such as object-oriented and functional programming, collections, concurrency, and unit testing. Each chapter takes a learning by doing approach, focusing on practical projects rather than solely theoretical knowledge. This strategy improves knowledge retention by simulating real-life experiences, allowing students to apply concepts in practice as they learn them. Furthermore, the book is interwoven with an abundance of best practices obtained from industry experience. This approach ensures that even beginners can gain seasoned insights and apply their knowledge confidently to real-world challenges. By the end of this comprehensive course, you will not only possess a strong foundation in Kotlin programming but also the practical skills to build real-world applications, including REST APIs and serverless applications leveraging Kotlin's cloud capabilities. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Understand Kotlin syntax and basic coding conventions. ● Master object-oriented and functional programming concepts. ● Utilize Kotlin’s collection framework effectively. ● Implement concurrency and parallelism with coroutines. ● Build robust applications with best practices. ● Develop diverse applications, including REST APIs and serverless solutions. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book is suitable for students, programmers from other languages, Java developers, back-end developers, full-stack developers, and mobile developers. The book is appropriate for both new and experienced programmers wishing to acquire or refresh their Kotlin skills. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Discovering the Power of Kotlin Programming 2. Kotlin Syntax and Basic Coding Conventions 3. Setting up the Development Environment 4. Fundamental Building Blocks of Kotlin 5. Object-oriented Programming 6. Kotlin Collection Framework 7. Scope Functions 8. Functional Programming 9. Exploring Delegation Design Pattern 10. Concurrency and Parallelism 11. Unit Testing in Kotlin 12. Building a Simple REST API 13. Building Event-Driven Cloud Native Serverless Application
