Introduction to Kotlin
History
- In July 2011, JetBrains unveiled Project Kotlin, a new language for the JVM.
- Kotlin was released on 15 February 2016.
- Kotlin is sponsored by Google, announced as one of the official languages for Android Development in 2017.
- On 2019, Google announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers.
Intro
Kotlin is an open-source, statically-typed programming language that supports both object-oriented and functional programming. Kotlin provides similar syntax and concepts from other languages, including C#, Java, Groovy and Scala, among many others.
Benefits of Kotlin
- Kotlin compiles to JVM bytecode or JavaScript
- Kotlin can use all existing Java Frameworks and Libraries
- Kotlin can be learned quickly, and it is approachable
- Automatic conversion of Java to Kotlin
- It Requires Less Code
- It’s Secure
Features of Kotlin
- Clean, compact syntax
- Null Safety
- Data Classes
- Extension Functions
- Smart Casts
- Type Inference
- Single type system (almost)
- Functional Programming
Kotlin VS Java
Applications of Kotlin
- Trello
- Evernote
- Slack
- Netflix
- And much more!
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Top comments (1)
Good introduction.