Web frontends in Kotlin are done through Kotlin JS which has had a very rocky start. When development first started with Kotlin JS its stable release was delayed by about a year, which didn’t help matters with ensuring Kotlin was competitive in the Web Browser (for developing web front-ends).
Read moreCan Kotlin be used for frontend?
Kotlin/JS frameworks You can use both reactive and imperative programming models to build your frontend , use connectors for Ktor, Spring Boot, and other frameworks to integrate it with your server-side applications, and share code using Kotlin Multiplatform.
Read moreWhat can Kotlin be used for?
Kotlin can be used for any kind of development, be it server-side, client-side web and Android . With Kotlin/Native currently in the works, support for other platforms such as embedded systems, macOS and iOS is coming.
Read moreCan I build iOS app using Kotlin?
The Kotlin/Native compiler can produce a framework for macOS and iOS out of the Kotlin code . The created framework contains all declarations and binaries needed to use it with Objective-C and Swift.
Read moreWhat is Kotlin multi platform?
Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM) is an SDK for cross-platform mobile development . You can develop multiplatform mobile applications and share parts of your applications between Android and iOS, such as core layers, business logic, presentation logic, and more.
Read moreCan we make web app with Kotlin?
However, as was made clear at the Google I/O session on Kotlin, Kotlin can be interpret down to JavaScript and Objective-C as well. This means, you can have an API, web-app, Android app, iOS app and use nothing but Kotlin to get there .
Read moreIs Kotlin better than Java for Web development?
In fact, we can say that Kotlin is much better than Java code in terms of security, compatibility, type inference, syntax, data classes, boilerplate code, and functional programming . At the same time, there are features similar on both Java and Kotlin, like lambda expressions, type system, and annotation processing.
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