Kotlin Design Patterns and Best Practices

Gain insights into Kotlin language essentials and delve into design patterns and best practices. Discover functional programming techniques to enhance code reuse, robustness, and build reliable, scalable projects.

Intermediate

95 Lessons

23h

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This course includes

136 Playgrounds

9 Quizzes

This course includes

136 Playgrounds

9 Quizzes

Course Overview

Design patterns enable developers to speed up the development process by providing proven development paradigms. Reusing design patterns helps prevent complex issues that can cause major problems. Moreover, it improves your codebase, promotes code reuse, and makes an architecture more robust. In this course, you will start with a gentle introduction of the Kotlin language. You will explore design patterns that are part of the best practices that help developers use Kotlin efficiently. Design patterns appea...Show More

What You'll Learn

Familiarity with the vocabulary of design patterns

Ability to encapsulate object hierarchies and make object behaviors dynamic

Ability to write smarter code in Kotlin

Hands-on practice with Kotlin syntax and its specialized choices to solve special cases

Hands-on experience to implement the design patterns in Kotlin

Ability to select the appropriate set of best practices for a given problem

What You'll Learn

Familiarity with the vocabulary of design patterns

Course Content

Getting Started with Kotlin

Get familiar with Kotlin's syntax, structures, control flow, and key design patterns.

Getting Started Basic Language Syntax and Features Understanding Kotlin Code Structure Understanding Types Control Flow Null Safety

Reviewing Kotlin Data Structures Working with Text Loops Classes

Interfaces, Abstract Classes and Inheritance Data Classes Extension Functions

Introduction to Design Patterns Quiz on Kotlin Basics

Working with Creational Patterns

Solve challenges with advanced Kotlin creational design patterns and object management techniques.

Singleton Design Pattern Factory Design Pattern Abstract Factory Design Pattern Builder Design Pattern Prototype Design Pattern Quiz on Creational Patterns

Understanding Structural Patterns

Break apart key structural design patterns and their application strategies in Kotlin.

Decorator Design Pattern Operator Overloading and Decorator Design Pattern Caveats Adapter Design Pattern Bridge Design Pattern Composite Design Pattern Facade Design Pattern Flyweight Design Pattern Proxy Design Pattern Quiz on Structural Patterns

Getting Familiar with Behavioral Patterns

Enhance your skills in common behavioral patterns like Strategy, Observer, and State, using Kotlin.

Strategy Design Pattern Iterator design pattern State Design Pattern Command Design Pattern Chain of Responsibility Design Pattern Interpreter Design Pattern Mediator Design Pattern Memento Design Pattern Visitor Design Pattern Template Method Design Pattern Observer Design Pattern Quiz on Behavioral Patterns

Introducing Functional Programming

Dig deeper into functional programming principles like immutability, pure functions, and recursion in Kotlin.

Immutability Functions as Values Closures and Pure Functions Currying and Memoization Using Expressions Instead of Statements Recursion Quiz on Functional Programming in Kotlin

Threads and Coroutines

6 Lessons

Follow the process of using threads and coroutines for efficient and responsive concurrent execution.

Controlling the Data Flow

6 Lessons

Build on reactive programming, higher-order functions, and concurrent data structures to manage data flow.

Designing for Concurrency

8 Lessons

Learn how to use design patterns for handling concurrency in Kotlin programs efficiently.

Idioms and Anti-Patterns

9 Lessons

Unpack the core of Kotlin idioms for cleaner code and anti-patterns for optimal performance.

10.

Concurrent Microservices with Ktor

8 Lessons

Go hands-on with setting up Ktor microservices, server configuration, routing, testing, and database connections.

11.

Reactive Microservices with Vert.x

8 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of building reactive microservices with Vert.x, focusing on routing, event loops, and database interaction in Kotlin.

12.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Take a look at key Kotlin design patterns and best practices to enhance your projects.

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