Understand Kotlin coding conventions, what goes in a source file, how to write classes and subclasses, and much more.

Learn about default arguments, named arguments, nullable values and how to use them as function arguments, smart casts, and more.

Use the Migration Toolkit for Application Binaries to migrate to Java 11.

Set up a basic Akka cluster with a focus on cluster singletons.

Set up a basic Akka Cluster.

Set up a basic Akka cluster with a focus on cluster aware actors.

Set up a basic Akka cluster with an example implementation of Akka persistence.

Set up a basic Akka cluster with an example implementation of Akka persistence and Akka persistence query.

Set up a basic Akka cluster with an example implementation of cluster sharding.

Understand what the PortfolioEntity is and how to implement your own PersistentEntity in Lagom, leading into event sourcing.

Learn about a CQRS-based system, which allows separate models for reads and writes, enabling individual optimization for each side.

Learn how to query an event-sourced and CQRS-based system, and how to move processing into its own asynchronous boundary.

Explore how to manage a long-running transaction flow with multiple steps, processing wire transfer events as an example.

Learn how to use Spring Kafka to access an IBM Event Streams service on IBM Cloud.

Learn about statements and expressions, and all of the primitive data types the Kotlin language has to offer, with examples.

Gain a better understanding of type inference and static typing, variables, Kotlin operators, and basic function syntax.

Learn how to deploy a Spring Boot application to a Kubernetes cluster hosted on IBM Cloud.

Explore new classes, security features, HTTP Client, and a no-compile code launch technique that every developer should know.

Explore this convenient Java 11 feature that allows you to directly run a Java source code file without compilation.

New Java 11 APIs that are easy to use for simple cases, but also powerful enough for complex ones.

Learn how this read-eval-print loop environment can help you explore new features in a fast way.

Learn how to use auto-complete and add JAR files, classes, and modules to sessions.

Simplify everyday coding and prepare the way for using pattern matching.

Install requisite software so that your computer will be set up and ready to write Kotlin code.

Get a basic understanding of object-oriented and function-oriented programming concepts.

In Part 2, you migrate the Daytrader3 application that is running in an on-premises Liberty 17.0.0.2 server to the cloud platforms of IBM Cloud private (with Docker and Kubernetes) and IBM Cloud Public (with Cloud Foundry). This tutorial examines the necessary code changes that are required to cloud-enable the Daytrader3…

In Part 1 of this series, you migrate the Daytrader3 application from IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 8.5.5.0 to Liberty 17.0.0.2. After you migrate the application, you deploy and run it on premises. Download the original and refactored monoliths!