Mastering Kotlin Coroutines - AI-Powered Learning for Developers

Learn Kotlin, a multi-paradigm language for cross-platform development, covering syntax, OOP, collections, generics, and create a workout manager app.

Intermediate

124 Lessons

26h

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Learn Kotlin, a multi-paradigm language for cross-platform development, covering syntax, OOP, collections, generics, and create a workout manager app.

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This course includes

247 Playgrounds

16 Quizzes

This course includes

247 Playgrounds

16 Quizzes

Course Overview

Ever since Google announced Kotlin as the language of choice for Android development, it's become increasingly popular. Current trends suggest that coroutines are the direction in which our industry is clearly headed. This course is for anyone interested in getting experience with Kotlin coroutines. In this course, you’ll take a hands-on, task-based approach to using coroutines in Android applications. You'll work with the most common tools that Android back-end developers use every day for Kotlin. The co...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of how Kotlin coroutines work under the hood

An understanding of how suspension and flows work

Hands-on experience using different coroutine builders

The ability to test time dependencies between coroutines

The ability to use channels for practical use cases

A working knowledge of StateFlow, SharedFlow, and the CoroutineScope functions

What You'll Learn

An understanding of how Kotlin coroutines work under the hood

Course Content

Getting Started

Introduction to Kotlin Coroutines

About the Course

Understanding Kotlin Coroutines

Kotlin Coroutines vs. JVM Libraries Kotlin Coroutines in Frequent Use Cases Thread Switching and Callbacks RxJava and Other Reactive Streams Using Kotlin Coroutines Coroutines on the Backend Sequence Builder Sequence Builder Real-life Usages Challenge: Factorial of a Given Number Solution: Factorial of a Given Number How Does Suspension Work?Resuming with a Value Resuming Suspension with an Exception Challenge: Suspension Coroutine with Specified Type for Output Solution: Suspension Coroutine with Specified Type for Output Quiz: Understanding Kotlin Coroutines

Coroutines Under the Hood

Introduction: Coroutines Under the Hood A Function with a State and Resumed Value Performance of Suspending Functions Coroutines: Built-in Support vs. Library Challenge: Coroutines Under the Hood Solution: Coroutines Under the Hood Quiz: Coroutines Under the Hood

Kotlin Coroutine Library

Introduction: Kotlin Coroutine Library Coroutines Builders: The launch Builder Coroutines Builders: The runBlocking Builder Coroutines Builders: The async Builder Structured Concurrency Coroutine Builders: Using coroutineScope Challenge: Coroutine Builders Solution: Coroutine Builders Quiz: Coroutine Builders

Coroutine Context

Interface and Finding Elements in Coroutine Context Adding, Emptying, and Subtracting Elements and Folding Contexts Coroutine Context: Accessing and Creating Context Challenge: Coroutine Context Solution: Coroutine Context Quiz: Coroutine Context

Job and Awaiting Children

6 Lessons

Cancellation and Exception Handling

10 Lessons

Coroutine Scope Functions

7 Lessons

Dispatchers and Constructing a Coroutine Scope

9 Lessons

10.

Shared State

6 Lessons

11.

Testing Kotlin Coroutines

8 Lessons

12.

Channel and Actors

8 Lessons

13.

Hot and Cold Data Sources

5 Lessons

14.

Flow

5 Lessons

15.

Flow Building

5 Lessons

16.

Flow Lifecycle Functions

5 Lessons

17.

Flow Processing, SharedFlow, and StateFlow

9 Lessons

18.

Wrap Up!

1 Lesson

Course Author

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