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Kotlin is a statically typed programming language for the JVM proposed recently by JetBrains. The language is intended for industrial use as a safer and more convenient alternative to Java. One can even mix Kotlin and Java sources in the same project. Language documentation is available at http://jetbrains.com/kotlin.
In this session we will demonstrate Kotlin's abilities to define APIs as domain-specific languages (DSLs). This includes covering many interesting language features such as
* type inference,
* function literals (closures),
* operator overloading/overriding,
* extension functions
* and more…
As a flagship example we will present type-safe builders, a technique that improves upon Groovy builders (http://groovy.codehaus.org/Builders) by making them statically checked for correctness. Along with this example we'll demonstrate LINQ-like collection processing and a DSL for program module definitions.
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