Creating Small DSLs with Idiomatic Kotlin
summary
Kotlin claims to enable small, focused DSLs by combining extension functions and lambdas with receiver plus operator overloading and data classes; JetBrains runs Kotlin in production for 4+ years, with 10+ internal products, 100+ committers and ~20 full-time devs. Examples built include Anko (type-safe Android view builders), a TeamCity build-configuration DSL and a Kotlin Gradle DSL; these are interoperable with Java, provide IDE completion, and are reported as practical and working in real projects.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 0:31Background
- 6:53Create Functions
- 7:40Create Function with Parameters
- 8:45Optional Parameters
- 9:48Functional Programming
- 10:05Higher-Order Functions
- 13:45Using Statement
- 16:09Constructor
- 20:50Extension Methods
- 23:24Extension Properties
- 31:37Standard Library
