Learn Kotlin for Spring Development

To help upskill today's Java and Spring developers, this book teaches the Kotlin programming skills and techniques necessary for building applications with the Spring Boot framework. You'll learn how to migrate your Java programming skills to Kotlin, a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) programming language, and how to build Spring Boot applications and microservices with clearer, more concise code that gets better performance.The book is divided into two parts. It starts with a tour of the Kotlin language, functions, types, collections, generics, classes, and more. You'll learn additional fundamentals such as unit testing and the interoperability of Kotlin with Java. In the second part, you'll learn how to apply Kotlin language fundamentals to a Spring Boot application, which includes getting started with a sample project. You'll learn setup, functional programming, and persistence with Hibernate, which also supports Kotlin (not just Spring and Android).After completing this book, you'll be able to build your own Spring Boot application using the Kotlin language, which is lighter, easier to use, and performs better than Java.What You Will LearnProgram your first Spring Boot application with KotlinTour the Kotlin language, its functions, types, collections, generics, classes, and moreDive into higher-order functions, unit testing, and interoperability mappingsApply the fundamentals of Kotlin to Spring Boot for the first timeAdd Hibernate to your Boot application for persistence and data accessibility Take advantage of functional programming available in KotlinWho This Book Is ForSpring developers who are new to Kotlin and want to leverage Kotlin, instead of Java; and Java developers and programmers who are new to Kotlin.