Discover how to leverage Spring's official Kotlin support to build more efficient and enjoyable Spring projects in this 47-minute conference talk. Learn the step-by-step process of transforming a Spring Boot 1.0 Java and JavaScript project into a pure Kotlin Spring Boot 2.0 project running on the new WebFlux functional web framework. Explore the benefits of using Kotlin over Java 8, upgrading to Spring Framework 5 and Spring Boot 2.0, switching from Spring MVC to WebFlux and Reactive APIs, implementing WebFlux functional API, and replacing JavaScript/TypeScript with Kotlin for frontend development. Gain insights from Sébastien Deleuze, a Spring Framework and Reactor committer at Pivotal, as he shares his expertise on Reactive and Kotlin support across the Spring portfolio.
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Why Spring ❤ Kotlin by Sébastien Deleuze
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