Kotlin is an open-source statically typed programming language that targets the JVM, Android, JavaScript and Native. It’s developed by JetBrains . The project started in 2010 and was open source from very early on. The first official 1.0 release was in February 2016.
Read moreWhy did Google switch to Kotlin?
Have you ever thought how much Google paid to introduce Kotlin into Android? This question usually surprises the developers I talk to about this topic. The answer in most cases is that Google got Kotlin for free because it is released under Apache 2.0 open-source license .
Read moreDoes Google still use Kotlin?
On 7 May 2019, Google announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers .
Read moreWhy is Kotlin Replacing Java?
Java Libraries JVM and other frameworks and provides an easy learning curve the developers who know java can easily learning kotlin switching from java to Kotlin does not have much overhead and adopting and it doesn’t cost anything it is concise which means that it is the drastically reducing the amount of boilerplate …
Read moreWhy did Google switch from Java to Kotlin?
Have you ever thought how much Google paid to introduce Kotlin into Android? This question usually surprises the developers I talk to about this topic. The answer in most cases is that Google got Kotlin for free because it is released under Apache 2.0 open-source license .
Read moreDoes Google use Java or Kotlin?
First of all, Google made Kotlin a first-class language only for Android . This means two things: Google will give Kotlin as much Android support as they do for Java. Java is not going away; it will continue to be the dominant Android language since Android’s inception.28 Eyl 2018
Read moreIs Google replacing Java with Kotlin?
We have a new member in our programming languages family and it’s none other than Kotlin. In Google I/O ’17, they have finally announced that for android the official first class support will be given to the Kotlin .
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