This session is intended to provide an update for Java developers on the current state of the Kotlin language and ecosystem. The first half will include Kotlin idioms that promote data oriented programming, functional programming, structured concurrency with coroutines, and Java interop (all covered in brief).

The latter half will conclude with exposure to Kotlin in Spring Boot, Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose unlocking the next frontier in Kotlin development. This also happens to be the story of how a front-end challenged backend developer who couldn't CSS his way out of a paper bag discovered design systems.

Vishal Reddy