Hi everyone, have decided to learn Kotlin but im u...

# getting-started

[sodiqoladeni]

Hi everyone, have decided to learn Kotlin but im unable to see a tangible pdf online that talk about kotlin without using it for Android, who has a good pdf (like head first kotlin) to start with or link to online resources that that teaches normal programming in kotlin. Regards

[Hohenhiem]

You might want to start here https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/basic-syntax.html

[Hohenhiem]

if your problem is the ide, you can just download intelliJ and it already have kotlin configurations.

[cedric]

@sodiqoladeni Try https://kotlinlang.org/docs/kotlin-docs.pdf

[sodiqoladeni]

Not only the compiler, the documentation is too technical to flow along with, i will appreciate if another pdf link can be provided

[gildor]

Compiler? This PDF contains all kotlin docs from kotlinlang.org. They are really good and simple. Explains basic syntax, idioms, interop with different platforms, code style and so on.

[cedric]

Agreed, this doc is reference indeed but it's written in plain English and covers both language and practical examples with library uses

[gildor]

@sodiqoladeni Depends what you want to know of course.
Maybe easiest way just to check Getting started section on https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials

[sodiqoladeni]

Well have started reading the docs offcourse since knowledge is all i want, i just feel there should be a better pdf (book) just like other language like java and c# , i dont feel confortable reading language docs

[gildor]

May you show an example of such pdf for java or C#?

[sodiqoladeni]

Head first C# @gildor

[gildor]

It’s book.
You can check books section
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/books.html

“Kotlin in Action” is a book from Kotlin Team

[sodiqoladeni]

Kotlin in Action is a book specifically for Android using Kotlin, i will continue with the documentation tho

[gildor]

it’s not true

[gildor]

Kotlin in Action has nothing about Android, it’s only about language itself and not related to Android

[sodiqoladeni]

Ok, i will try and get the pdf then

[sodiqoladeni]

Or dont know if you can send it to me if you have one

[gildor]

This is not a chat with pirate books

[sodiqoladeni]

I guess i can use kotlin for desktop app since it extends java features, does the book covers that too

[gildor]

If you need some free stuff, just use docs, they are really simple, also try Kotlin Koans https://kotlinlang.org/docs/tutorials/koans.html

[gildor]

This book covers language itself not specific Java API.
If you need tutorial about Java FX or any other Java framework, just find book/tutorial about Java FX and use Kotlin instead of Java.
Kotlin has full interop with Java and you can use any Java API. Kotlin IDE plugin even can convert Java code to Kotlin (for example if you want easely convert some code snippet from tutorial)

[sodiqoladeni]

Alrt man, thanks for your time 🙌

[gildor]

You can check interop section in docs
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/java-interop.html

[gildor]

You are welcome