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Getting Started with IntelliJ IDEA - Kotlin

It’s easy to get started with Kotlin using the Kotlin plugin integrated in IntelliJ IDEA. Benefit from code highlighting, code completion, refactoring, debugging, and other features available for Kotlin. If you want to start from scratch, you can create a basic Kotlin application. Once you’ve created the application, you can dive deeper into Kotlin syntax. What is Kotlin? Kotlin is an expressive and concise programming language that reduces common errors. Easily integrates into existing apps and is 100% interoperable with the Java language. Multiplatform. Code safely. Online courses. Easy to learn. Big community. Write less code. IDEs? IntelliJ IDEA IDE (Download, Install): IntelliJ has a lot of versatility and stability. Kotlin was initially developed by the JetBrains team, which means there’s an extra level of compatibility between the two. Kotlin even has IntelliJ-specific tutorials and getting started guides. Kotlin Playground (Online, Web Brower base): You can try/ learn kotlin ...

What is Kotlin

  As per Wikipedia : Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of Kotlin's standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be more concise. Kotlin mainly targets the JVM, but also compiles to JavaScript (for e.g. frontend web applications using React) or native code (via LLVM), e.g. for native iOS apps sharing business logic with Android apps. Language development costs are borne by JetBrains , while the Kotlin Foundation protects the Kotlin trademark. On 7 May 2019, Google announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. Since the release of Android Studio 3.0 in October 2017, Kotlin has been included as an alternative to the standard Java compiler. The Android Kotlin compiler targets Java 6 by default, but lets the programmer choose to target Java ...