Master Kotlin for Android with Google’s Free Udacity Courses
Google and Udacity have launched two free Kotlin video courses that teach beginners the language fundamentals and guide them through building Android apps, covering Jetpack components, popular libraries, and coroutines, ultimately enabling the creation of over ten practical applications.
Previously, Microsoft released free Python video tutorials for beginners, and now Google has announced two free Kotlin online courses in partnership with Udacity.
Kotlin Bootcamp
This course teaches the basics of Kotlin programming, including writing statements and handling functions, and provides the foundation needed to develop Android apps with Kotlin, offering first‑class support such as Kotlin Android APIs and extensions.
Building Android Apps in Kotlin
Starting from a simple "Hello World" example, the course guides learners through building a multi‑screen Google Developer Group (GDG) Finder app. Each lesson uses a real‑world architecture to implement key features, introducing Android Jetpack components like databases, WorkManager, and Navigation.
The curriculum also covers popular libraries that simplify common tasks, such as Glide for image loading, Retrofit for networking, and Moshi for JSON parsing, and teaches core Kotlin features like coroutines to write concise, efficient code.
Overall, the two courses comprise more than ten hands‑on applications and are part of Google’s free Codelabs developer resources.
Source: Zdnet, Google Blog
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