Advanced Programming in Kotlin

Instructor: Taught by Meta Staff

Intermediate Level • 2 weeks at 10 hours a week • Flexible Schedule

What You'll Learn

  • Implement an Android application with an Activity.
  • Implement advanced object-oriented features in Android.
  • Use mocks and fakes to perform unit testing in Android.
  • Use a Lambda expression to define a function as an object. Use collection processing methods for multistep collection processing.

Skills You'll Gain

Software Design Patterns
UI Components
Mobile Development
Test Driven Development (TDD)
Integration Testing
Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Functional Design
Android Studio
Kotlin
Unit Testing
Android Development

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Outcomes

  • Learn new concepts from industry experts
  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 4 modules in this course

Learn how to work with object declarations and experience how they are used. Develop your understanding of companion objects, classes and constant values. In addition, have a walk-through of declaring an object in Android and explore what is involved with implementing a function start for an Activity.

Learn how to add methods to classes using extension functions while defining and using extension functions in Android. Then explore functions for different kinds of collection processing using map, filter, and fold.

Learn about Lambda expressions, Function types, Higher-order functions and collections processing. Explore how functions can be used as objects, how to use lambda expressions to define functions as objects and how to define and use higher-order and repeat functions. Finally, exploited using collection processing methods with multistep collection processing.

Demonstrate your coding skills by upgrading and adding functionality to a Little Lemon menu app so that it can work with a list and can sort and filter. In addition, participate in peer reviews, and complete the final course assessment.