Should Kotlin Be Your Go-To Language? • Garth Gilmour & Eamonn Boyle • GOTO 2019

This interview was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted #GOTOcph https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/should-kotlin-be-your-go-to-language Eamonn Boyle - Software Trainer at Instil Software Garth Gilmour - Head of Learning at Instil Software @garthgilmourni Preben Thorø - CTO at Trifork Switzerland TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 02:30 How did you start coding? 08:15 What moment in time would you like to freeze? 10:58 Why is Kotlin your favorite language now? 15:55 Betting on Kotlin 17:36 Should all developers learn text-code? 21:58 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Venkat Subramaniam • Programming Kotlin • https://amzn.to/2MIC8D1 Venkat Subramaniam• Functional Programming in Java • https://amzn.to/3bzFNNQ Venkat Subramaniam • Pragmatic Scala • https://amzn.to/3oIEq35 https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Kotlin #Programming #HistoryOfProgramming #Coding #Instil #GarthGilmour #EamonnBoyle #Scala #Amstrad464 #Amstrad #Commodore #Spectrum #ProgrammingLanguages #FunctionalProgramming CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1