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Rick York21-Apr-20 14:39

Rick York

21-Apr-20 14:39

Me too and I have zero interest in it. Thankfully I don't need to have any either.

"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

RickZeeland21-Apr-20 19:52

RickZeeland

21-Apr-20 19:52

I have the interest, but not the time as I need to keep up with new .NET functionality and also have to maintain a TeamCity builder and packages deployment.
Oh and some database thingies too $Shucks | :-\$

sasadler22-Apr-20 12:18

sasadler

22-Apr-20 12:18

Heh, I did avoid it for my entire career. I was pretty much able to stay in the firmware/embedded field since the late 70's. I enjoyed the the low level nitty-gritty stuff, and some DSP stuff for flavoring!

raddevus22-Apr-20 4:28

raddevus

22-Apr-20 4:28

I've read a few of Kotlin books and my favorite for pure Kotlin learning is:
Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide [^]

This first one really builds and teaches Kotlin in good steps and I like the way the Functional aspects are explained. This book helped me understand functional programming and syntax in other arenas more clearly than any other book I've found.

For Kotlin learning and Android Development (reason I learned Kotlin) I definitely recommend
Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) 4th Edition[^]
The 4th ed. covers Android programming and is converted to Kotlin - previous editions focused on Java.

I also read Kotlin In Action - Manning pub[^] but I did not care for it.

BillWoodruff22-Apr-20 6:57

BillWoodruff

22-Apr-20 6:57

you are setting the gold standard for book reviews !

«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali

raddevus22-Apr-20 7:36

raddevus

22-Apr-20 7:36

Thanks, I read a lot and it is often difficult to find just the right book for a specific technology, so I always like to point out good resources when I do find them. Smile | :)

Martin ISDN23-Apr-20 13:02

Martin ISDN

23-Apr-20 13:02

Much obliged. Plenty of useful information.

hur10forcer1022-Apr-20 4:49

hur10forcer10

22-Apr-20 4:49

Not sure if this is in violation of your request to find a book that doesn't treat Kotlin as an alternative to Java, but thought I'd share nonetheless. Neil Smyth has a book (here's a preview: https://www.ebookfrenzy.com/pdf_previews/Kotlin35EssentialsPreview.pdf) that does focus on Android development but has pretty good coverage on Kotlin (Chapters 11 through 17). You can use the Kotlin on-line playground for experimentation = https://try.kotl.in. Neil Smyth and his publisher seem to be pretty good about refreshing it as new versions of Android Studio come out. I have the 3.3 book and since then, there's been 3.4 and 3.5; I assume that 3.6 is coming soon.

Martin ISDN23-Apr-20 13:06

Martin ISDN

23-Apr-20 13:06

Looks great for starters. It has the basics of functions and lambdas.

Thanks

Martin ISDN12-May-20 23:32

Martin ISDN

12-May-20 23:32

i found out this to be a good solution, when starting Kotlin.

https://hyperskill.org/onboarding/project?track=347

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W∴ Balboos, GHB21-Apr-20 8:13

W∴ Balboos, GHB

21-Apr-20 8:13

For "Honey the Code Witch": Parsley

The list for Gin-ger is a bit too lengthy.

Ravings en masse^
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"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

MarkTJohnson21-Apr-20 9:12

MarkTJohnson

21-Apr-20 9:12

The people in the Q/A section are looking for Sage advice.

Richard Deeming21-Apr-20 9:20

Richard Deeming

21-Apr-20 9:20

But few people have the Thyme to provide it.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

OriginalGriff21-Apr-20 9:33

OriginalGriff

21-Apr-20 9:33

A few of them are cumin along nicely.

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Nelek21-Apr-20 10:04

21-Apr-20 10:04

OriginalGriff wrote:
A few of them are cumin along nicely.

KSS please Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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DRHuff21-Apr-20 12:00

DRHuff

21-Apr-20 12:00

But some of them pepper the board with idiocy.

If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.

kalberts21-Apr-20 9:34

kalberts

21-Apr-20 9:34

For Nelek: Carnation

(He probably understands the joke - I don't expect everybody to)

Nelek21-Apr-20 10:01

21-Apr-20 10:01

Member 7989122 wrote:
For Nelek: Carnation
(He probably understands the joke

mmmm.... right now... not, sorry.

Maybe after sleeping and having a coffee or two?

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Greg Utas21-Apr-20 10:06

Greg Utas

21-Apr-20 10:06

I think that'd be cloves.

kalberts21-Apr-20 10:32

kalberts

21-Apr-20 10:32

yes, I see both translations - for cornation, both nelken and Gewürznelken are provided. For cloves, nelken seems to be the only translation to German, so I agree that that would be a better choice.

Nelek21-Apr-20 10:44

21-Apr-20 10:44

I live in Germany, but I am spanish.

I have not reached that level of subtleness yet.

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Mark_Wallace21-Apr-20 12:11

Mark_Wallace

21-Apr-20 12:11

They have subtlety in Germany?

Next you'll be telling us that they have a sense of humour!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Jörgen Andersson21-Apr-20 19:23

Jörgen Andersson

21-Apr-20 19:23

They actually do, but there's nothing subtle about it

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Nelek21-Apr-20 19:47

21-Apr-20 19:47

Specially when they drink Dead | X|

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