Kotlin Learning Path

Kotlin Index

1. Kotlin Language Basics Start with the syntax and fundamental building blocks of the Kotlin language.

   • Kotlin Introduction

   • Kotlin Installation

   • Kotlin Hello World Program

   • JDK, JRE, JVM

   • Naming Conventions

   • Kotlin main() Function

   • Kotlin Comments

   • Kotlin Packages

   • Kotlin Tokens

   • Kotlin Keywords and Identifiers

   • Java Variables and Literals

   • Kotlin Data Types

   • Kotlin Type Casting

   • Kotlin Operators

   • Java Basic Input/Output

   • Kotlin Expressions, Statements and Blocks

   • Pass-by-value or Pass-by-reference

2. Flow Control Statements Learn to write statements and control the flow of the programs.

   • Kotlin if-else

   • Kotlin when

   • Ternary Operator

   • Kotlin for loop

   • Kotlin for-each loop

   • Kotlin while loop

   • Kotlin do-while loop

   • Kotlin break Keyword

   • Kotlin continue Keyword

   • Labeled Statements

3. Kotlin OOP Learn to create, arrange, and manage objects and their relationships in Kotlin.

   1. Building Blocks of OOP These concepts are the building blocks and pillars for object-oriented programming.

      • Intro to Object-Oriented Programming

      • Association, Aggregation, and Composition

      • Guide to Abstraction

      • Guide to Inheritance

      • Guide to Polymorphism

      • Multiple Inheritance in Kotlin

   2. OOP in Kotlin The given articles describe how Kotlin supports the OOP paradigm.

      • Constructors in Kotlin

      • Kotlin Access Modifiers

      • Kotlin object Keyword

      • Kotlin final Keyword

      • Kotlin Initializer Blocks

      • Kotlin is Operator

      • Overriding final static method in Kotlin

   3. Difference Between Go through the differences between some very similar concepts to understand them even better.

      • Overloading vs Overriding in Kotlin

      • Encapsulation vs Abstraction in Kotlin

      • Interface vs Abstract Class in Kotlin

      • Kotlin extends vs implements Keywords

4. Kotlin Strings Strings are always the most used constructs in any programming language. Learn to work on String in Kotlin.

   • Guide to String Class

   • Kotlin String Pool

   • Why Strings are Immutable in Kotlin?

   • Splitting a String

   • Joining the Strings

5. Kotlin Exceptions A program can raise errors due to errors in the program as well as runtime errors in the execution environment. Learn to handle both.

   • Kotlin try-catch-finally blocks

   • Kotlin Try with Resources

   • Kotlin throw and throws Keywords

   • Checked and Unchecked Exceptions

   • Kotlin Custom Exceptions

   • Kotlin Synchronous and Asynchronous Exceptions

   • Kotlin NullPointerException

   • Kotlin Suppressed Exceptions

   • Exception Handling Best Practices

6. Kotlin Array Arrays are the most basic container of multiple elements. Learn to work on arrays in Kotlin.

   • Guide to Array in Kotlin

   • Printing an Array

   • Cloning an Array

   • Copying Array Range

   • Intersection of Two Arrays

   • Union of Two Arrays

7. Kotlin Collections Apart from the array, Kotlin supports more advanced collection types.

   • Kotlin List

   • Kotlin Map

   • Kotlin Comparable

   • Kotlin Comparator

   • Kotlin Iterator

   • Kotlin Generics

   • Kotlin Sorting

8. Kotlin IO Learn the most basic read-and-write operations on files in Kotlin.

   • How Kotlin IO Works Internally?

   • Create a File

   • Read a File

   • Write to a File

   • Append to a File

9. Kotlin Coroutines Coroutines are a powerful feature in Kotlin for asynchronous programming.

   • Introduction to Coroutines

   • Coroutine Builders

   • Suspending Functions

   • Coroutine Context and Dispatchers

   • Structured Concurrency

   • Exception Handling in Coroutines

10. Kotlin Streams Streams are a rather new addition to the language but have made it super easy.

    • Kotlin Stream API

    • Functional Interfaces

    • Default Methods

    • Lambda Expressions

11. Kotlin Runtime Learn to set up and interact with the Kotlin development environment.

    • JDK vs. JRE vs. JVM

    • Kotlin 32 bit vs 64 bit

    • kotlin.exe vs kotlinw.exe

    • Kotlin Classpath

    • System Properties

    • Command-Line Arguments

    • Little-Endien vs Big-Endien

    • Generating Bytecode

12. Misc Topics

    • Builder Pattern for Kotlin Data Classes

    • Kotlin Annotations Tutorial

    • Guide to Kotlin Cloning

    • Kotlin Versions and Features

13. Kotlin Examples

    • Printf-Style Output Formatting

    • Rounding off to 2 Decimal Places