Todd Ginsberg Presents: Is Kotlin right for you?

We welcome our very own CJUG resident expert, Todd Ginsberg, to give an encore presentation on Kotlin. Todd will be presenting at the Oracle Code - Chicago event on 3/20 (https://developer.oracle.com/code/chicago). We know already that it will be awesome so we've booked him for another one!

Abstract:

Sure Java pays the bills for some of us, but there’s no reason why we can’t have fun developing again. Kotlin, developed by JetBrains, has been catching on lately because of its functional nature, null safety, type inference, full interoperability with Java, cross-platform support, and ease of use with Android and Spring. Is this something you and your team should considering spending time to learn?

In this session we will go over what Kotlin is, what problems it solves, and what makes it stand out from other JVM languages. You’ll come away with enough knowledge to decide if this is something you and your team should consider adopting.

Bio:

Todd Ginsberg is a Principal Software Developer at Netspend, a payments company in Austin, TX where he is responsible for prototypes, experiments, and proofs of concept. Todd has been writing in Java since 1995, Kotlin since 2016, and is an executive board member of the Chicago Java Users Group. Todd lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, and two dogs. When not coding, he enjoys reading, walking/hiking, doughnuts, and Formula 1.

What to bring:
A government-issued photo ID for building security.