Kotlin Intro & Starting the Koans
20th August 2018
Drone Delivery App
The Real Future of Drone Delivery
Why learn Kotlin?
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Kotlin is a better language for the JVM than Java
- Really easy to get up and running
- Simpler language than Java
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Much safer than Java
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No more NullPointerExceptions!
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Streamlines the handling of null values
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More more clean & concise than Java
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100% Interoperable with Java
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Kotlin & Java classes can live side by side
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Our Equipment
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Bluetooth connected drone
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Parrot Android SDK
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Simulator (that we can't get working)
The Plan
Different Components
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Android Controller
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Drone Controller & Delivery Service
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Food Service & Consumer Service
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Android Consumer App
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Merchant Web App
Android Controller
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Control drone with existing android app
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Take off, Land
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Control pitch, yaw, roll, etc.
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This is already provided in the Parrot SDK
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We want to convert it to kotlin
Drone Controller & Delivery Service
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Send higher level commands to drone
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Move one unit in any direction
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Fly to coordinate (x, y)
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Need a higher level android UI to test
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Can eventually be used for handling delivery requests and scheduling.
Food Service & Consumer Service
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Embedded Web Servers
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Handle http requests
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Async framework would be nice (Ktor)
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Other option seems like nanohttpd
Android Consumer App
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Interacts with consumer-service
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Get delivery options
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Send delivery requests
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Merchant Web App
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Interacts with food-service
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Tells food-service where food is available
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Written in Kotlin and compiled to Javascript
Drone Delivery App
By Tom Hanley
