Learning Concurrency in Kotlin

Build highly efficient and scalable applications

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

By: Miguel Angel Castiblanco Torres

Paid access

|Sep 2024

E-Book €28.99Institutions €128.95

Description

Key Features

Understand Kotlin’s unique approach to multithreading
Learn how to write concurrent non-blocking code with the help of practical examples
Improve the overall execution speed in multiprocessor and multicore systems

Book Description

Kotlin is a modern and statically typed programming language with support for concurrency. Complete with detailed explanations of essential concepts, practical examples and self-assessment questions, Learning Concurrency in Kotlin addresses the unique challenges in design and implementation of concurrent code. This practical guide will help you to build distributed and scalable applications using Kotlin.
Beginning with an introduction to Kotlin's coroutines, you’ll learn how to write concurrent code and understand the fundamental concepts needed to write multithreaded software in Kotlin. You'll explore how to communicate between and synchronize your threads and coroutines to write collaborative asynchronous applications. You'll also learn how to handle errors and exceptions, as well as how to work with a multicore processor to run several programs in parallel. In addition to this, you’ll delve into how coroutines work with each other. Finally, you’ll be able to build an Android application such as an RSS reader by putting your knowledge into practice.
By the end of this book, you’ll have learned techniques and skills to write optimized code and multithread applications.

What you will learn

Build secure applications by testing your concurrent code
Implement sequential and asynchronous suspending functions
Create suspending data sources that can be resumed on demand
Explore best practices for error handling
Use channels to communicate between coroutines
Discover how coroutines help to build parallel applications

Who this book is for

If you’re a Kotlin or Android developer interested in learning how to write concurrent code to enhance the performance of your applications, then this is the book for you. Basic programming knowledge of Java or Kotlin will help you understand the concepts covered in this book.