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Introduction To Kotlin

Kotlin is a statically-typed language created by JetBrains that compiles to JVM bytecode and JavaScript. It aims to fix shortcomings in Java while maintaining interoperability. Google announced in 2017 that Kotlin would receive first-class support for Android development. Kotlin features include null safety, extension functions, properties, and concise syntax. The document concludes that Kotlin is well-supported and on track to become a leading JVM language.

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Introduction To Kotlin

Kotlin is a statically-typed language created by JetBrains that compiles to JVM bytecode and JavaScript. It aims to fix shortcomings in Java while maintaining interoperability. Google announced in 2017 that Kotlin would receive first-class support for Android development. Kotlin features include null safety, extension functions, properties, and concise syntax. The document concludes that Kotlin is well-supported and on track to become a leading JVM language.

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Introduction to Kotlin

The next big thing in the Java world

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What is Kotlin?
• A (fairly) new statically-typed language from
JetBrains (creators of IntelliJ Idea, ReSharper,
PyCharm and other IDEs and IDE extensions)
• Tries to fix many of Java’s shortcomings
• Compiles to JVM bytecode, JavaScript (!) and
Kotlin native (no VM)
• Created with focus on Java interoperability –
Kotlin and Java classes can be used together
in a project (but compilation is much faster than
Scala’s)

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What is Kotlin?
• Works seamlessly with IntelliJ Idea, just a bit
less seamlessly with Eclipse
• The Java interoperability is real – even complex
applications, relying on annotation processing
• It’s gaining more and more traction and is being
adopted increasingly often, especially in the
recent year
• Has very good suport from JetBrains, an
established company, who use Kotlin to
develop their own products

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Google and Android
At Google I/O 2017, Google announces that Kotlin would receive first-class suport
for Android development

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What does Kotlin feature?
• Null safety (drastically limiting the number of
NPEs);
• If, try-catch, when expressions;
• Extension functions;
• Var and val keywords;
• Inline functions;
• Named function parameters;
• Multi-value return functions;
• Semi-colons are optional

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More things…
• Functional programming constructs (like
higher order functions)
• Smart casting
• Async/await
• Data classes
• Properties (C#- like)
• No checked exceptions
• Operator overloading
• … this is just scratching the surface

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Let’s code something!

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Conclusion
• Kotlin is low-cost: can be developed in the same
IDE, in the same project as Java code
• Did I mention first-class Spring support?
• It’s on track to become one of the leading JVM
languages
• It’s best suited to work with IntelliJ idea; it can
be adapter to Eclipse, albeit with some
shortcomings
• It’s cool; allows bragging to friends about using
the latest technologies

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