Kotlin

Md Mehedi Hasan Bhuiyan
Nov 5 · 1 min read

Kotlin is originated back in 2013. This language is the official language for Android development. It is the biggest achievement of Kotlin created by JetBrains. Kotlin is concise and safe. It requires 40% keystrokes compared to Java to solve the same problem. Potential failures occur prior to avoid runtime exceptions. Kotlin avoid null pointer exception. It is said the biggest sin Java made by introduing NPE(Null pointer exception) during creation of the language although later on Java 8 introduces Optional to avoid NPE. Since Kotlin latest release in 2016, Kotlin is gaining more traction for Andoroid development. There has been speculation Kotlin will replace Java in Android world in future.

Kotlin advantages

1.t’s Completely Interoperable With Java

2. It’s (way) More Concise Than Java

3. Safer Code

4. It Comes With a Smarter and Safer Compiler

5. It’s Been Created to Boost Your Productivity

6. It Has Null in Its Type System

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