Kotlin for Java Developers by Coursera

Modern programming language Kotlin gives you more power to accomplish everyday tasks. Kotlin is concise and safe. It's pragmatic and focuses on interoperability. It can be used for Android apps and server-side development. Kotlin is compatible with all Java frameworks and offers good tooling support. It is a pragmatic language that can be easily understood by Java developers. Although Kotlin code can be compiled to JVM bytecode, JavaScript and Native codes as well, this course is primarily focused on Kotlin/JVM.

This course will help you to appreciate the power and beauty of Kotlin. The course will provide a brief overview of the language and discuss many cases, including those involving Java interoperability. This course is based upon your Java experience. It shows similarities between both languages and focuses only on the differences. This course will not cover programming fundamentals. We will discuss basic syntax, nullability and functional programming with Kotlin. Also, we'll talk about object-oriented programming using Kotlin.