A modern programming language that makes developers happier.

kotlinlang

hi Duncan, Nat! I'm just starting reading the book and so far I really like it.
One question: I found a place where stuff can be simplified - page 18 in paperback, adding Kotlin plugin: we don't have to add the `stdlib` explicitly, <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/gradle.html#dependency-on-the-standard-library|it's added by default>. I wanted to report an errata via O'reilly, but formally it's not an error, just an idea for simplification showing that onboarding Kotlin is even simpler. Is this channel a good place for such suggestions?

perhaps something to incorporate in the next editions

Hi Piotr. Yes, this is a good place to bring up things like this

As the language and tooling evolves, some of the code examples in the book will become outdated, but the design principles espoused will stay the same

We’ll publish updates to cover language improvements on the website, and this is a good example or us to document there.

(Another example we’ll cover is sealed when statements coming in Kotlin 1.6)