What are the advantages of Kotlin programming language?

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user3082143 picture user3082143 · Feb 18, 2016 · Viewed 10.9k times · Source

I am quite eager to know the advantages of Kotlin programming language over Java for Android application development as I would love to explore new things. If any one have any knowledge about it please do needful.

Thank you.

Answer

Ruslan picture Ruslan · Feb 18, 2016

I assume you asked about Kotlin versus Java for Android development.

Basically there are reasons to switch from Java to Kotlin for Android development:

  1. Readable and concise code
  2. Small runtime
  3. Performance
  4. Kotlin libraries

All this points described here:

  1. Develop Android apps with Kotlin
  2. Using Project Kotlin for Android
  3. Checkout Awesome Kotlin for Android

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