What is Kotlin

Kotlin is a general-purpose, statically typed, and open-source programming language. It runs on JVM and can be used anywhere Java is used today. It can be used to develop Android apps, server-side apps and much more.

History of Kotlin

Kotlin was developed by JetBrains team. A project was started in 2010 to develop the language and officially, first released in February 2016. Kotlin was developed under the Apache 2.0 license.

Features of Kotlin

• Concise: Kotlin reduces writing the extra codes. This makes Kotlin more concise.
• Null safety: Kotlin is null safety language. Kotlin aimed to eliminate the NullPointerException (null reference) from the code.Interoperable.
• Interoperable: Kotlin easily calls the Java code in a natural way as well as Kotlin code can be used by Java.
• Smart cast: It explicitly typecasts the immutable values and inserts the value in its safe cast automatically.
• Compilation Time: It has better performance and fast compilation time.
• Tool-friendly: Kotlin programs are build using the command line as well as any of Java IDE.
• Extension function: Kotlin supports extension functions and extension properties which means it helps to extend the functionality of classes without touching their code.