Introduction to Kotlin

Discover the advantages of Kotlin, a powerful programming language for JVM, Web, and Native development, in this 34-minute talk by Grzegorz Dyrda. Explore Kotlin's main characteristics, including null-safety and seamless Java interoperability, while learning about its most impressive features such as extensions and data classes. Gain insights into Kotlin's readability, elegant solutions to Java's issues, and productivity-enhancing capabilities. Follow along as the speaker covers topics like function arguments, variables, string interpolation, pattern matching, singletons, properties, top-level functions, and function types. Conclude with a final example and guidance on how to start your Kotlin journey, all presented in an easy-to-understand format that showcases why developers find Kotlin both satisfying and efficient to use.