Kotlin’s blown up in popularity over the last year, and we’re here to introduce you to it. From building a sample app to learning how it interacts with the JVM, these talks will bring you into the future of Android development.

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Kotlin: A New Hope in a Java 6 Wasteland Let’s go back to the beginning, when Kotlin was introduced by JetBrains as a new language on top of the JVM.

The Road to Kotlintown This live-coding demo is aimed specifically at Java devs who have never worked with Kotlin before, and is the perfect session to get your feet wet!

Advancing Android Development with Kotlin Check out this grab bag of tricks that Kotlin gives you to solve evergreen Android development problems.

Getting Started with Kotlin and Anko on Android This talk shows how to build a basic app with Kotlin, using Anko to layout your UI.

Better Android Development with Kotlin & Gradle Time to dive in all the way and use Gradle to power builds in Kotlin-based apps.

Kotlin: Ready for Production A quick overview of the different tools you can use to be a productive Kotlin developer.

Revisiting Types in Kotlin Dive deep into Kotlin’s types, and follow along with the live demonstration to learn some new tricks.

Instrumentation Testing Robots Learn about the robot pattern, and how it makes full use of Kotlin’s language features for more maintainable tests.

What Kotlin Does to Your Java Watch this walkthrough of decompiled Kotlin to see how it interacts with the JVM.