What is Kotlin in simple words?

Kotlin (/ˈkɒtlɪn/) is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference . Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of Kotlin’s standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be more concise.

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What is required to learn Kotlin?

No there is no need to learn Java before learning Kotlin for Android. As all we know , this year Google officially make it 2nd language for Android development. But you should have basic knowledge of programming and OOPs concepts and former experience in a object oriented language like c++ .

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