This document provides an overview of key Kotlin concepts compared to Java, including:
- Null safety in Kotlin prevents null reference exceptions at compile time by distinguishing nullable and non-nullable types.
- The Elvis operator (?:) provides a shorthand for checking for null values and returning a default.
- Smart casts allow the compiler to infer the type of a variable after checking its type against an if or when condition without needing an explicit cast.
- Kotlin collections APIs provide concise ways to filter, map, sort and iterate over collections compared to Java by leveraging functions like filterNotNull(), sortedBy(), map(), forEach().
The document demonstrates these Kotlin features through code examples