Kotlin for Android Developers: Learn Kotlin the easy way while developing an Android App

Book Description

Google has officially announced Kotlin as a supported language to write Android Apps.These are amazing news for Android developers, which now have the ability to use a modern and powerful language to make their job easier and funnier.But this comes with other responsibilities. If you want to be a good candidate for new Android opportunities, Kotlin is becoming a new need most companies will ask for. So it’s your time to start learning about it!And “Kotlin for Android Developers” is the best tool. Recommended by both Google and Jetbrains, this book will guide through the process of learning all the new features that Java was missing, in an easy and fun way.You’ll be creating an Android app from ground using Kotlin as the main language. The idea is to learn the language by example, instead of following a typical structure. I’ll be stopping to explain the most interesting concepts and ideas about Kotlin, comparing it with Java 7. This way, you can see what the differences are and which parts of the language will help you speed up your work.This book is not meant to be a language reference, but a tool for Android developers to learn Kotlin and be able to continue with their own projects by themselves. I’ll be solving many of the typical problems we have to face in our daily lives by making use of the language expressiveness and some other really interesting tools and libraries.The book is very practical, so it is recommended to follow the examples and the code in front of a computer and try everything it’s suggested. You could, however, take a first read to get a broad idea and then dive into practice.

中文：

书名：面向Android开发人员的Kotlin：在开发Android应用程序时轻松学习Kotlin

谷歌正式宣布Kotlin是一种支持编写Android应用程序的语言。这对Android开发人员来说是个令人惊叹的消息，他们现在有能力使用一种现代而强大的语言来使他们的工作更轻松、更有趣。但这也伴随着其他责任。如果你想成为Android新机会的最佳候选者，Kotlin正在成为大多数公司都会要求的新需求。所以，现在是你开始了解它的时候了！面向Android开发人员的Kotlin是最好的工具。在谷歌和JetBrains的推荐下，这本书将以一种简单而有趣的方式指导您学习Java所缺少的所有新功能。您将从头开始创建一个Android应用程序，使用Kotlin作为主要语言。我们的想法是通过范例来学习语言，而不是遵循典型的结构。我将停下来解释关于Kotlin最有趣的概念和想法，并将其与Java 7进行比较。这样，您就可以看到它们之间的区别，以及该语言的哪些部分将帮助您加快工作速度。本书并不是一本语言参考，而是供Android开发人员学习Kotlin并能够继续他们自己的项目的工具。我将利用语言的表现力和其他一些非常有趣的工具和图书馆来解决我们在日常生活中不得不面对的许多典型问题。这本书非常实用，所以建议你遵循电脑前的例子和代码，尝试它所建议的一切。然而，你可以先读一读，获得一个宽泛的想法，然后潜心实践。