Modern Web Development with Kotlin

Preface

Preparing the environment

1. Choosing the operating system
2. Installing Java Development Kit
3. Installing Kotlin
4. Installing IntelliJ IDEA
5. Installing Atom Editor

Build tools

1. Command line
2. Gradle

Editing source files

1. Using Atom
2. Using IntelliJ IDEA

Language fundamentals

1. Using the REPL
2. Defining values
3. Lambdas
4. Type hierarchy
5. Nullable types
6. Collections
7. Defining classes
8. Defining objects
9. Type parametrization
10. Extension functions
11. Packages and imports
12. Loops and conditionals
13. String templates
14. Interfaces

Functional programming

1. Higher-order functions
2. Tuples and data classes
3. Laziness
4. Algebraic data types
5. Option
6. Either
7. Promise

Working with Vert.x

1. Installing Vert.x
2. Dispatching requests
3. Thymeleaf templates
4. Watching for source changes
5. Serving asynchronous results
6. Adding sunrise and sunset times
7. Using Java 8 Date and Time API
8. Adding weather information
9. Moving logic into services
10. Serving static assets

Frontend integration

1. Setting up nvm
2. Choosing the versions
3. package.json
4. GruntJS and Gulp
5. Module bundlers
6. Using EcmaScript 6 with Babel
7. Explaining React
8. Separating the frontend
9. Initializing the frontend project
10. webpack.config.js explained
11. Using React
12. Sending data via JSON
13. Using Sass with Webpack
14. Extracting styles

Authenticating users

1. Vert.x configuration
2. Installing PostgreSQL
3. Pooling connections with HikariCP
4. Hashing passwords with BCrypt
5. Migrating with Flyway
6. Implementing authentication logic
7. Page templates

Testing and logging

1. Testing with KotlinTest
2. Logging in Vert.x

Hosting and deployment

1. Hosting considerations
2. Preparing the distribution

Closing remarks

Appendix A. Packages