JetBrains doesn’t profit directly from Kotlin’s use among developers, but the company hopes to make money from their future Kotlin-supporting core products . In 2017 Google IO, Google announced Kotlin as an officially supported language for Android. Since then humongous popularity of Kotlin increases day by day.
Read moreIs Kotlin native a framework?
Cross platform with Kotlin/Native (Android and IOS Apps) This framework contains all declarations and binaries that are required by Objective-C and Swift. Kotlin/Native doesn’t use common UI , it focuses on common Business logic.
Read moreWhere is Kotlin native used?
Kotlin/Native is primarily designed to allow compilation for platforms on which virtual machines are not desirable or possible, such as embedded devices or iOS . It is ideal for situations when a developer needs to produce a self-contained program that does not require an additional runtime or virtual machine.
Read moreWho uses Kotlin?
As of 2020, Kotlin is still most widely used on Android , with Google estimating that 70% of the top 1000 apps on the Play Store are written in Kotlin. Google itself has 60 apps written in Kotlin, including Maps and Drive.
Read moreHow do I start programming with Kotlin?
Open Source – The Kotlin compiler, Intellij IDEA plugin, and build tools are all open source . Interoperable – Kotlin is 100 percent interoperable with Java. This means all your current Java/Android code works seamlessly with Kotlin. Concise – Compared to Java, Kotlin code are much more concise.
Read moreCan I learn Kotlin as first language?
Easy to Learn Kotlin’s syntax is simple to grasp for beginners , while at the same time, the language offers sophisticated powerful features for experienced programmers. Kotlin can build on the learners’ previous programming experience. It is simple to grasp for those with a Java or Python background.
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