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Kotlin Standard Library Cookbook

You're reading from Kotlin Standard Library Cookbook Master the powerful Kotlin standard library through practical code examples

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788837668

Length 242 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Kotlin

Tools

Android

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

Urbanowicz

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Dedication

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Preface

1. Ranges, Progressions, and Sequences FREE CHAPTER

2. Expressive Functions and Adjustable Interfaces

3. Shaping Code with Kotlin Functional Programming Features

4. Powerful Data Processing

5. Tasteful Design Patterns Adopting Kotlin Concepts

6. Friendly I/O Operations

7. Making Asynchronous Programming Great Again

8. Best Practices for the Android, JUnit, and JVM UI Frameworks

9. Miscellaneous

1. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Index

Chapter 3. Shaping Code with Kotlin Functional Programming Features

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

Working effectively with lambda expressions
Discovering basic scoping functions – let, also, and apply
Initializing objects the clean way using the run scoping function
Working with higher-order functions
Functions currying
Function composition
Implementing the Either Monad design pattern
Approach to automatic function memoization

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Authors (1)

Urbanowicz

Urbanowicz

Samuel Urbanowicz is an experienced software engineer skilled in mobile applications and backend development. A fan of modern programming languages, he has been using Kotlin since its beginning. He's always curious to dive into technologies. He is especially passionate about machine learning. Samuel believes that the Kotlin language has great potential for multiplatform development. He has work experience in both big corps and small start-ups. He is an active contributor to open source projects.

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