Scope function
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When I started doing Kotlin, the one that confused me the most was scope functions. However, once I understand what it is, it becomes my most favorite Kotlin feature. It makes code clear, concise and…
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Resource Cleanup
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Using try, catch and finally blocks for resource cleanup is tedious and error-prone. In fact, Kotlin has a library functions that could help us to manage cleanup for us.
Extension lambdas
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Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Nothing
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What is Nothing in Kotlin? Does it even exist? A Nothing return type indicates a function that never returns. This is usually a function that always throws an exception.
Check Instructions
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Check Instructions are like assert - they act like a constraints that must be met before it could proceed. Usually, they are used to validate function arguments and results. Check instructions typica…
Kotlin Exception Handling
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If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
Companion Object
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If you don't need to tie member functions to the object, consider for companion object. Regular class elements can access the elements of the companion object, but the companion object elements canno…
Inner class
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Inner class is like nested class, but an object of inner class maintains a reference to the outer class. inner has implicit link to outer class.