What Is Kotlin?
Kotlin is easy, open source, statically-typed, Procedural and object oriented programming (OOPs) language which runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and used for server-side development, Android apps, and much more.
Kotlin Programming was developed by JetBrains in 2011. Kotlin compiles to bytecode, so it can perform just as well as Java.
In 2017, Google announced Kotlin is an official language for Android development.
Kotlin works with all existing Java libraries and frameworks and runs with the same level of performance as Java.
Why To Use Kotlin?
1. Kotlin is quite simple and safe compared to Java
2. Kotlin is open-source
3. Supports OOPs object oriented programming
4. Kotlin compiles to bytecode
5. Kotlin used for server-side development
6. Kotlin used for Android apps development also
7. Kotlin is multi-platform
What are the advantages of using Kotlin?
1. Its performance is good.
2. Kotlin is a functional language and based on JVM, so remove lots of boiler plate code.
3. Kotlin is easy to learn because its syntax is similar to java.
4. It’s expressive language so make code readable and understandable.
5. It’s not replacement of java.
6. It’s an official language of android development.
What are the disadvantages of Kotlin?
Kotlin does not have static modifier that create some problem for some conventional java developers.