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Infix Functions in Kotlin 1. Introduction Kotlin is a language that adds many fresh features to allow writing cleaner, easier-to-read code. This, in turn, makes our code significantly easier to maintain and allows for a better end result from our development. Infix notation is one of such features. 2. What… Continue Reading kotlin-infix-functions
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Generics in Kotlin 1. Overview In this article, we’ll be looking at the generic types in the Kotlin language. They are very similar to those from the Java language, but the Kotlin language creators tried to make them a little bit more intuitive and understandable by introducing special keywords like… Continue Reading kotlin-generics
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Delegated Properties in Kotlin 1. Introduction The Kotlin programming language has native support for class properties. Properties are usually backed directly by corresponding fields, but it does not always need to be like this – as long as they are correctly exposed to the outside world, they still can be… Continue Reading kotlin-delegated-properties
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Concatenate Strings in Kotlin 1. Introduction In this short tutorial, we’ll investigate different ways of concatenating strings in Kotlin. 2. Using the plus() Method Kotlin’s String class contains a plus() method: operator fun plus(other: Any?): String (source) It returns a String obtained by concatenating reference String with the String passed as… Continue Reading kotlin-concatenate-strings
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Difference Between “==” and “===” operators in Kotlin 1. Overview In this article, we are going to talk about the difference between “==” and “===” operators in Kotlin. In Kotlin, just like in Java, we have two different concepts of equality, Referential equality, and Structural equality. 2. Referential Equality For… Continue Reading kotlin-equality-operators
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Kotlin String Templates 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll explain what Kotlin’s String templates are and how to use them. In order to get familiar with other features and to know how to use Kotlin, have a look at one of our Kotlin tutorials. 2. Strings in Kotlin Like in… Continue Reading kotlin-string-template
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Kotlin Java Interoperability 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’re going to discuss the interoperability between Java and Kotlin. We’re going to cover some basic examples as well as some other more complex scenarios. 2. Setting up Kotlin Creating a Kotlin project is very simple using IntelliJ, Eclipse, and even the… Continue Reading kotlin-java-interoperability
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Java 8 Stream API Analogies in Kotlin 1. Introduction Java 8 introduced the concept of Streams to the collection hierarchy. These allow for some very powerful processing of data in a very readable way, utilizing some functional programming concepts to make the process work. We will investigate how can we… Continue Reading java-8-stream-vs-kotlin
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Inline Functions in Kotlin 1. Overview In Kotlin, functions are first-class citizens, so we can pass functions around or return them just like other normal types. However, the representation of these functions at runtime sometimes may cause a few limitations or performance complications. In this tutorial, first we’re going to… Continue Reading kotlin-inline-functions
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Guide to the “when\{}” Block in Kotlin 1. Introduction This tutorial introduces the when\{} block in Kotlin language and demonstrates the various ways that it can be used. To understand the material in this article, basic knowledge of the Kotlin language is needed. You can have a look at the… Continue Reading kotlin-when
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