Simon Vergauwen

Kotlin Fundamentals

Simon Vergauwen

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026

Location: Leuven

Price: €440 excl. VAT

Includes: Full day workshop · Coffee throughout the day · Lunch

During this workshop we’ll cover all the fundamentals you need to know to be an effective Kotlin developer. Learning how Kotlin works on the JVM, and how it works with Java in a practical way by completing exercises verified by JUnit. We’ll learn Kotlin best practices, and how to gain more confidence in your code by leveraging Kotlin’s unique language features.

What we’ll cover:

  • Intro to the Kotlin language
  • Kotlin’s type system
  • Extension functions, lambdas and collections API
  • Constructing Domain Specific Languages
  • Coroutines

At the end of this workshop you’ll be ready to start using Kotlin in your existing Java project, or to start your new projects with Kotlin.

This workshop is for Java developers who want to get up and running with Kotlin, and we’ll be able to answer any Kotlin questions you might already have during the workshop.