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Mastering Kotlin Coroutines

Mastering Kotlin Coroutines

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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16 Quizzes

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16 Quizzes
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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

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Course Content

1.

Getting Started

Introduction to Kotlin Coroutines
About the Course
2.

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
3.

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
4.

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
5.

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
6.

Job and Awaiting Children

6 Lessons

7.

Cancellation and Exception Handling

10 Lessons

8.

Coroutine Scope Functions

7 Lessons

9.

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

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