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Join the Kotlin Basics Track Tour With a JetBrains Academy Expert

Ksenia Shneyveys
Ksenia Shneyveys

We invite you to join us for the livestream Kotlin Basics Track Tour With a JetBrains Academy Expert, featuring Dmitry Sitnikov, JetBrains Academy Expert and consulting software engineer.

The livestream will start at 3:00 PM UTC on Wednesday, February 16. 

Use these links to save the date in your calendar:

In this livestream, Dmitry will cover the following topics:

  • How a project-based, practice-oriented approach helps when learning programming.
  • Kotlin tracks on JetBrains Academy: Kotlin Basics, Kotlin Developer, Kotlin for Backend (preview), and First Glance at Android.
  • A closer look at the Kotlin Basics track: major topic segments in the Knowledge map, types of projects and topics, and track completion requirements.
  • A student’s perspective of completing the Kotlin Basics track: a graduate project from beginning to end.
  • An educator’s perspective: integrating the JetBrains Academy platform and Kotlin topics in university courses.
  • JetBrains IDEs and the EduTools plugin as tools for learners and teachers.

You can watch the livestream on YouTube or register here to get a reminder. The livestream will include a Q&A session where you’ll be able to discuss teaching and learning Kotlin topics with Dmitry and the host from the Kotlin team.

Register Here

and get a reminder

or

Join on YouTube

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Dmitry Sitnikov

Dmitry Sitnikov

Dmitry is a software engineer, technical writer, and JetBrains Academy expert.
Dmitry writes articles about software development on Medium and posts lessons on Hyperskill, focusing on the safety and simplicity of networking and other asynchronous operations.
He is currently working on a coroutines topic for the JetBrains Academy Kotlin Basics track.
His hobbies include surfing, motorcycles, and podcasting.

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