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Kotlin Course - Tutorial for Beginners

What You Will Learn

Set up a Kotlin project using IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition
Understand the different types of Kotlin projects, such as JVM, JavaScript, and native targets
Create a simple “Hello World” example in Kotlin

Key Concepts

Kotlin is a statically typed programming language developed by JetBrains, and it’s the primary development language for Android. IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment (IDE) that supports Kotlin development. The Community Edition of IntelliJ IDEA is suitable for JVM development and Android development. A Kotlin project can target different platforms, such as JVM, JavaScript, or native code. The JVM target is the most common and allows for development of standard Kotlin projects.

Code Examples

No specific code snippets are provided in the transcript, but the following phrases indicate the type of code that will be used:

for Android and in this tutorial we're going to move from basic topics like setting up your first project up to more advanced things like modeling data and working with higher order functions - This phrase indicates that the code will involve setting up a project and working with advanced topics.
for this tutorial is to help you understand how the work with Kotlin so that you can then take that knowledge and apply it to building applications across mobile, web and native code - This phrase indicates that the code will involve building applications across different platforms.
for JVM development and Android development, so it's perfect for what we want to look at in this tutorial - This phrase indicates that the code will involve JVM development and Android development.

Lesson Summary

In this lesson, we learned how to set up a Kotlin project using IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition. We started by downloading and installing the IDE, and then created a new Kotlin project. We chose the JVM target, which is the most common type of Kotlin project, and named our project “Hello Kotlin”. We then added a new Kotlin file to our project, which will allow us to write our first Kotlin code. The goal of this tutorial is to help us understand how to work with Kotlin, so that we can apply that knowledge to building applications across mobile, web, and native code. We will be learning about different topics, such as modeling data and working with higher-order functions, and how to use Kotlin to develop applications for Android and other platforms.

Practice Exercise

Create a new Kotlin project in IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, targeting the JVM platform. Name your project “MyFirstKotlinProject” and add a new Kotlin file to it. Try to write a simple “Hello World” example in Kotlin, using the knowledge you gained from this lesson.

What Is Next

In the next lesson, we will dive deeper into the basics of Kotlin programming, including data types, variables, and control structures. We will also learn how to work with functions and classes in Kotlin, and how to use them to build more complex applications.

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