Some people say Kotlin is like Java on steroid, it can do all the stuff Java can do, plus varieties of language features will boost your productivity like never before.
Kotlin is statically typed, modern and mature. It was designed with Java interoperability in mind so you can write Kotlin everywhere Java goes, seamlessly, side by side. All those libraries written in Java over the past 20 years are still work.
Kotlin has great tooling support. Why? Because it was created by JetBrains, the people who built IntelliJ which Android Studio is based on, and we love Android Studio.
Recently in IO ’17, Google announced a first class support for Kotlin in Android development. People went crazy about this. There are tons of videos and articles about Kotlin all over the internet. All the cool kids these day write Kotlin, so why don’t you.
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