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

• Pinterest
• Trello
• Evernote
• Slack
• Netflix
• And much more!

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