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 moreDoes Kotlin use JVM?
Kotlin mainly targets the JVM , but also compiles to JavaScript (e.g., for frontend web applications using React) or native code via LLVM (e.g., for native iOS apps sharing business logic with Android apps). Language development costs are borne by JetBrains, while the Kotlin Foundation protects the Kotlin trademark.
Read moreWhat do you need to run Kotlin?
A general way to write Kotlin applications is using an IDE – IntelliJ IDEA or Android Studio . They provide full Kotlin support out of the box without needing additional components.
Read moreWhich JDK to use with Kotlin?
Kotlin 1.1. 2 now requires Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 . “Most other Java development tools such as Gradle and the Android toolchain also require JDK 8, so you almost certainly already have it installed,” said Dmitry Jemerov, a principal engineer at JetBrains.27 Nis 2017
Read moreCan I use Kotlin without Java?
You don’t need Java knowledge to learn Kotlin or Kotlin knowledge to learn Java. Having said that, If you know Java, that will be helpful when you need to interop with some Java libraries. You can start learning any of Java or Kotlin without prior knowledge of the other.3 Oca 2017
Read moreCan Kotlin completely replace Java?
Is Kotlin going to replace Java? The answer to this would be “NO” Kotlin has a lot of powerful features and so does java they both are bound together to treat us with a more improvised version.
Read moreDoes Kotlin work with Java 14?
Do you know if kotlin is already supported by java 14 ? Yes, it is . You can use 13 on compiler without any issue.
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