Kotlin has been popular for years and is now Google’s preferred language for Android development. But what does Kotlin really offer, especially to experienced, long-time Java developers?
Which features are worth adopting, and how can Kotlin be smoothly integrated into existing Java projects?
Join us on a journey from Java to Kotlin and discover the powerful and expressive features that make Kotlin such a compelling language.
In this 50-minute, adventure-filled live-coding session, we’ll explore topics including:
Whether you’re Kotlin-curious or ready to take your first steps beyond Java, this talk will show you why Kotlin is more than just “Java with extras.”
Which features are worth adopting, and how can Kotlin be smoothly integrated into existing Java projects?
Join us on a journey from Java to Kotlin and discover the powerful and expressive features that make Kotlin such a compelling language.
In this 50-minute, adventure-filled live-coding session, we’ll explore topics including:
- Types and type inference
- The power of strings
- Expressions instead of statements
- Pattern matching
- Functions
- Null safety
- Functional programming concepts
- Extension functions
- Seamless Java interoperability
Whether you’re Kotlin-curious or ready to take your first steps beyond Java, this talk will show you why Kotlin is more than just “Java with extras.”
Christian Woerz
Independent Contractor
Christian is a fullstack engineer with over 15 years of experience as an engineer. He started with Java and since 9 years works also in the frontend with Angular, TypeScript and JavaScript. Besides his daily work he enjoys giving talks, creating YouTube videos for his over 8000 subscribers or works on his open source projects. If there is time left he gives workshops and writes articles.