Channel: PRABEESH R K

Category: Education

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Description: Why we need to use Kotlin over java for android app development? What are the advantage of using Kotlin over Java ? What are the benefits of using Kotlin for android application development? Kotlin is a Statically typed JVM based language developed by JetBain. If you are a Java developer, then you can easily learn Kotlin. Kotlin allows android developers to remove significant amount of boilerplate codes. At Google I/O 2017, Google announced Kotlin as an Official language for android app development. You can still use Java as an official language for app development. For version 3.0 or above, Kotlin is packed with android studio. ADVANTAGES OF KOTLIN OVER JAVA Kotlin is more Concise than Java You can make solutions in fewer lines of reliable codes with very less bugs and crashes. By using koltin you can avoid many boilerplate codes from your app. Kotlin is Null Safe One of the main challenge of android java developers is to manage and fix the null pointer exception . If you use Kotlin, you are almost free from null ponter exception. Kotlin codes are null safe. Kotlin improve performance. Kotlin help you to improve your app performance because Kotlin uses fewer lines of codes than java for your app business logic. Kotlin is more expressive You can write more logic's with less code. Kotlin uses extension functions You can extend any class with new features even if you don’t have access to the source code. Kotlin is inter-operable. You can use any libraries and codes written in java, because kotlin is designed in such a way that it is highly inter-operable with Java. Kotlin is a functional language. Kotlin is an object oriented programming language with many functional programming concepts such as lambda expression to solve problems in easier way. Like my Facebook page : facebook.com/codeglympse Subscribe My YouTube channel : youtube.com/ticoontechnologies