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Kotlin Design Patterns and Best Practices - Third Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805127765
Pages 474 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Alexey Soshin Alexey Soshin
Profile icon Alexey Soshin

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Classical Patterns
2. Getting Started with Kotlin 3. Working with Creational Patterns 4. Understanding Structural Patterns 5. Getting Familiar with Behavioral Patterns 6. Section 2: Reactive and Concurrent Patterns
7. Introducing Functional Programming 8. Threads and Coroutines 9. Controlling the Data Flow 10. Designing for Concurrency 11. Section 3: Practical Application of Design Patterns
12. Idioms and Anti-Patterns 13. Practical Functional Programming with Arrow 14. Concurrent Microservices with Ktor 15. Reactive Microservices with Vert.x 16. Assessments
17. Other Book You May Enjoy
18. Index

Understanding Kotlin code structure

When you start programming in Kotlin, your first step is typically to create a new file, which usually has the .kt extension.

In contrast to Java, Kotlin doesn’t strictly enforce a one-to-one relationship between the filename and the class name. While you have the flexibility to include multiple public classes within a single Kotlin file, it’s generally considered best practice to group only logically related classes together in one file. Keep in mind that doing so should not make the file excessively long or difficult to read. Additionally, packing multiple public classes into a single file can make it harder to search for specific functionality, as the project overview may not display all available classes.

Naming conventions

As a convention, if your file consists of a single class, it is recommended to name your file the same as your class.

When your file contains multiple classes, the filename should describe the...

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