Springing into Kotlin How to make the Magic even more MagicalMark Heckler Principal Technologist/Spring Developer Advocate mark@thehecklers.com mheckler@pivotal.io @mkheck

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Who am I?• Author • Speaker • Architect & Developer • Java Champion • Seeker of a better way • Pursuer of efficiency & elegance

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GoalsAnswer the “whys”

Why switch from Java?

What do we gain?

Is it worth it?

Quick victories

Laying groundwork for long-term gains

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Let’s code!

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Helpful resources

https://github.com/mkheck/spring-into-kotlin

https://spring.io/

http://kotlinlang.org/

https://kotlin.link/

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