# Converting Plaid to Kotlin: Lessons learned (Part 2)

DevFeed: [Converting Plaid to Kotlin: Lessons learned (Part 2)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/converting-plaid-to-kotlin-lessons-learned-part-2-27215.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/plaid-kotlin-2>)

Published: 2015-11-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Antonio Leiva](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/antonio-leiva.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [callback](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/callback.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [expression](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/expression.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [map](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/map.md>), [maps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maps.md>), [when-expression](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/when-expression.md>)

## AI overview

Part 2 of a series about porting the Plaid Android app to Kotlin. It examines how Kotlin can reduce boilerplate and improve readability, including class simplification, when expressions, map operations, and converting Retrofit callbacks into lambdas.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics