Stephon Brown

200 points

Ohio

Stephon currently serves as a Developer Consultant.
He spends days with his family practicing Tae Kwon Do, tinkering with new technologies, and researching topics to write about.

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Authored Content

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Why I switched from Java to Kotlin

Kotlin is a cross-platform, general-purpose programming language and an easy move for anyone familiar with Java.

What is your favorite open source Java IDE?

7 resources to grow your Java skills

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Using the Java Persistence API

Learn how to use the JPA by building an example app for a bike store.

Technical documentation doesn't have to be dull

5 transferable higher-education skills

If you're moving from the Ivory Tower to the Matrix, you already have the foundation for success in the developer role.

Authored Comments

StephB

24 Jun 2020

Why I switched from Java to Kotlin

Hi Bruno,

Abstractions are backed right into Kotlin: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/interfaces.html
They use some of the same keywords as Java, and you could just make a POJO if you want to shy away from the Kotlin syntax and create your abstractions that way.

As for Scala, I honestly didn't look too much into it. After programming in Java, I was really drawn in by the succinct and simple syntax of Kotlin. I did see Scala is a JVM compatible language and the syntax is very reminiscent of Java, but I wanted to try something different.

StephB

4 Jun 2020

Code your hardware using this open source RTOS

Great article!

I'm curious, what microcontroller would you recommend to get started in embedded systems?