Kotlin is a programming language intended to be a better Java, and it's designed to be usable and readable across large teams with skill and discipline variances. Kotlin is a language that helps developers build amazing applications in an easy and effective way.

The video begins by giving you strong grasp of the Kotlin features in context, independent of any platform. We continue by exploring all the features of Kotlin language that make the language better alternative to Java. It will show you the environment setup, and the difficulty level will grow steadily with the features covered next.

Moving on, we’ll introduce you to using the IntelliJ IDE, which plays an integral role in Kotlin development. We’ll cover Kotlin’s basic programming concepts such as functions, lambdas, properties, object-oriented code, safety aspects, type parameterization, and finally concurrency, which will guide you to write Kotlin’s code to production. By the end of the video, you will be proficient in using Kotlin for any kind of app development.

About the author

Marko Devcic is a Software Engineer currently working as an Android Developer for Austrian company mySugr in Vienna. He has a Master's degree in Engineering from University of Zagreb in Croatia. Over the years, he has worked with various technologies and languages, mostly C# and Java.

He is passionate about technology and software development. He loves reading about programming languages and writing simple and clean code.

In his spare time, he writes code for his personal projects, and contributes to open source projects. You can follow him on Github (username deva666). He also likes to write about Kotlin, C#, and programming in general on his web page.