Practical Kotlin Deep Dive: A Comprehensive Guide to Kotlin Internals and Multiplatform Development
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Summary
This article/book description provides a comprehensive overview of "Practical Kotlin Deep Dive," a resource that explores Kotlin programming language fundamentals, standard library, coroutines, kotlinx libraries, compiler internals, and Kotlin Multiplatform. It goes beyond surface-level APIs by examining real Kotlin function implementations, generated bytecode, and how the Kotlin compiler interprets the language, drawing from KEEP proposals, JetBrains YouTrack discussions, and compiler source code.
Key quotes
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This book goes beyond surface-level APIs by diving into Kotlin's internals: it walks through real Kotlin function implementations, demystifies generated bytecode, and explains how the Kotlin compiler interprets the language.
It also draws directly from KEEP proposals, JetBrains YouTrack discussions, and compiler source code
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