Kotlin
Kotlin is a programming language introduced by JetBrains, the official designer of the most intelligent Java IDE, named Intellij IDEA. . Now Kotlin is officially supported by Google for mobile development on Android. Kotlin is an open source general purpose language, based on Java Virtual Machine (JVM). It has been compiled to java byte code. It comes with Android Support Studio and continuous improvements are made to Kotlin. That are Kotlin-Frinedly SDK, Android KTX, new Lint checks and various Kotlin support improvements in Studio. There are some benefits for using Kotlin as an alternative to Java.
Kotlin/Native supports the following platforms:
• iOS (arm32, arm64, emulator x86_64)
• MacOS (x86_64)
• Android (arm32, arm64)
• Windows (mingw x86_64)
• Linux (x86_64, arm32, MIPS, MIPS little endian)
• WebAssembly (wasm32)
There is no need to describe the codes as in java, it requires to write only lesser code as compared to java. Every features of Android Studio IDE will work finely with Kotlin development. Kotlin supports Interoperability with Java, which is considered as the biggest reason for its popularity. ie., there is no need to start a new project to use Kotlin, it can be implemented in the existing Java project, with its all features. Kotlin also supports core product development. Being open source, there is no need for costly adoption. i.e, by using Java to Kotlin converter one can convert their existing project into Kotlin. Even the complex code may also be converted to simpler one’s with this. The main goal for developing Kotlin as an Enterprise Language was to do something usable to Enterprise Developers. The main advantages of using Kotlin is that, it removes NULL references from code which will cause severe termination of program execution flow. i.e, the system will deny such access to the codes. Kotln developers can integrate with other systems. Kotlin supports every Frameworks and Libraries used by Java. It provides a way for Extension of Functionalities, without even touching the existing code. i.e, kotlin can design a new class with all new features, without inheriting an existing class.
Advantages and Disadvantages
Following are some of the advantages of using Kotlin for your application development.
• Easy Language
• Concise
• Runtime and Performance
• Interoperability
• Brand New
• Namespace declaration
• No Static Declaration
In general, Kotlin simplifies the android app development process much more simpler. To use Kotlin, install the Kotlin to your existing IDE and explore more.
