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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Is Kotlin useful outside of Android?

“Kotlin is no longer just for developing android apps .” … Though Kotlin was created keeping JVM in mind, which means it can only be used on any device that runs on JVM. But after the release of Kotlin 1.1, Jetbrains announced Kotlin JS, allowing to use Kotlin language for front-end development.

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