Java may still be the first programming language that springs to mind when you think about Android, but you don’t have to use Java for Android development. In fact, Kotlin is now Google’s preferred ...

JetBrains released Kotlin 2.4.0 with Java 26 support for Kotlin/JVM and annotations in metadata enabled by default. The release advances Kotlin/Wasm with incremental compilation enabled by default and ...

Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed language with a modern and concise syntax. While its immediate goal was to be a better Java, it took inspiration from a variety of languages, both ...

For years, Java was the one official language for Android development. While other options were available through alternative tools like Unity or Xamarin, Java with the Android SDK was still the clear ...

Google has detailed significant improvements that the Google Home team achieved just by rewriting the Google Home app in the modern programming language Kotlin. Google is encouraging all Android ...

JetBrains has just released Kotlin 2.0, which it says is a major update to the programming language. It was announced at KotlinConf 2024, happening May 22-24, which is an event full of talks about ...

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Kotlin is a modern alternative to Java that supports functional programming in the JVM. Here's a first look at programming with Kotlin using some of the concepts and syntax you already know from Java.

You'll find millions of apps in the Google Play store, many of them written using the powerful, stable, workhorse programming language Java. If it were a car, Java would feature a fast, reliable ...

Developer tools maker JetBrains has released Kotlin 1.5.0, its "first big release of 2021", which includes the stable release of its new Java virtual machine (JVM) internal representation (IR) ...