{"product_id":"effective-kotlin-best-practices-kotlin-for-developers","title":"Effective Kotlin: Best Practices (Kotlin for Developers)","description":"This book is a guide for Kotlin developers on how to become an excellent Kotlin developer.\nKotlin is a powerful and pragmatic language, but it's not enough to know about its features. You also need to know when they should be used and in what way. This book presents and explains in-depth the best practices for Kotlin development. Each item is presented as a clear rule of thumb, supported by detailed explanations and practical examples. It's a comprehensive guide of best practices for Kotlin code quality: safety, readability, code design and efficiency.\n\nWhat you will learn\nYou will learn how to make better Kotlin development in terms of safety, readability, maintainability and performance. The book also covers some advanced topics like inline functions and classes, DSLs or platform types.\n\nWho this book is for\nThis book was written for Kotlin developers who want to learn and understand how to write high-quality code. It assumes some experience with Kotlin or at least with Swift, Java or Scala. It is directed towards all kinds of Kotlin developers and isn’t specific to mobile or backend development.\n\nThe purpose of this book\nThe purpose of Effective Kotlin is to teach and promote the best practices for Kotlin developers, as well as the way Kotlin features can and should be used to improve code. Reader Testimonials\nRafał Kuźmiński: Well done! I've read a few items and I have to admit that I learned some interesting stuff. Great book :)\nHanno Günther: Really love this book! \nHubert Kosacki: Some time ago I started reading @EffectiveKotlin by @marcinmoskala, it's a must-read for every developer writing Kotlin. Even if you don't agree with all the items, for sure it will make you think twice about what you're coding.\nArchie David: Thanks for writing Effective Kotlin, I'm liking the tips from the book so far.\nAndy Gibel: I really enjoyed your Effective Kotlin book and intend to use it for an \"Advanced Kotlin\" workshop series I'm planning at work. Table of Contents\nIntroduction: Be pragmatic\n\nPart 1: Good code\nChapter 1: Safety\nChapter 2: Readability Part 2: Code design\nChapter 3: Reusability\nChapter 4: Abstraction design\nChapter 5: Object creation\nChapter 6: Class design Part 3: Efficiency\nChapter 7: Make it cheap\nChapter 8: Efficient collection processing Dictionary\nNotes About the Author\nMarcin Moskala is an experienced developer and Kotlin trainer. He is the founder of the Kt. Academy, an official JetBrains partner for teaching Kotlin, author of the book \"Android Development with Kotlin\", speaker at many international conferences, and programming library creator and contributor.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0CHCWPPNP\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0CHCWPPNP.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Moskala, Marcin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41504482852922,"sku":"DBV.B0CHCWPPNP.G","price":30.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0CHCWPPNP-0.jpg?v=1783113204","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/effective-kotlin-best-practices-kotlin-for-developers","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}