089: Learning Kotlin - Properties a first class language feature
Fragmented - An Android Developer Podcast
English - July 10, 2017 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsTechnology Education How To android developer java androiddev kotlin Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this mini Fragment, KG talks about his journey learning Kotlin as a newb. Given that Kotlin is most likely going to be the de-facto language for most developers, it makes sense to deepen our understanding of the language (as we have strived with Java over the years).
"Properties" in Kotlin are a first class language feature. But what does that actually mean? What are the nifty features we get with properties? How are these resolved from a Java class when there's potential a name clash? What are some other gotchas and learnings from using properties? Listen on to find out:
Shownotes:
Kotlin docs - Properties and Fields
Kotlin in Action - Manning Publications
java.util.Calendar
Mutable vals in Kotlin - Dan Lew
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