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Concise
Drastically reduce the amount of boilerplate code.
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Safe
Avoid entire classes of errors such as null pointer exceptions.
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Interoperable
Tip: How does an Android Activity in Kotlin look like?
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Tool-friendly
Choose any Java IDE or build from the command line.
See example
Statically typed programming language
for modern multiplatform applications
for modern multiplatform applications
100% interoperable with Java™ and Android™
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Why Kotlin?
Concise
Create a POJO with getters, setters, equals(), hashCode(), toString() and copy() in a single line:
data class Customer(val name: String, val email: String, val company: String)
Or filter a list using a lambda expression:
val positiveNumbers = list.filter { it > 0 }
Want a singleton? Create an object:
object ThisIsASingleton {
val companyName: String = "JetBrains"
}
Safe
Get rid of those pesky NullPointerExceptions, you know, The Billion Dollar Mistake
var output: String
output = null // Compilation error
Kotlin protects you from mistakenly operating on nullable types
val name: String? = null // Nullable type
println(name.length()) // Compilation error
And if you check a type is right, the compiler will auto-cast it for you
fun calculateTotal(obj: Any) {
if (obj is Invoice)
obj.calculateTotal()
}
Interoperable
Use any existing library on the JVM, as there’s 100% compatibility, including SAM support.
import io.reactivex.Flowable
import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers
Flowable
.fromCallable {
Thread.sleep(1000) // imitate expensive computation
"Done"
}
.subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
.observeOn(Schedulers.single())
.subscribe(::println, Throwable::printStackTrace)
Target either the JVM or JavaScript. Write code in Kotlin and decide where you want to deploy to
import kotlin.browser.window
fun onLoad() {
window.document.body!!.innerHTML += "<br/>Hello, Kotlin!"
}
Simplest Version
An “Object-oriented” Hello
Android Activity
HTML Builder
What does it look like?
Concise, simple and very easy to read (and write)
package hello
Optional package header
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
Package-level function, which takes an Array
of strings as a parameter
println("Hello World!")
}
Have you noticed?
Semicolons are optional
Semicolons are optional
Class with a primary constructor and a member function
class Greeter(val name: String) {
fun greet() {
println("Hello, $name")
}
}
String Interpolation to cut down ceremony.
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
Greeter(args[0]).greet()
}
Note that there's no new keyword
used to create an object
Type-safe access to views
import Next Clue is in "Compiler for writing next Gen JavaScript"
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
...
fab.setOnClickListener {
Lambdas for concise event handlers
toast("Hello!")
}
Terse wrappers for common Android APIs
}
}
val data = mapOf(1 to "one", 2 to "two")
createHTML().table {
for ((num, string) in data) {
Iterate over data
tr {
Functions to create HTML tags
td { +"$num" }
td { +string }
}
}
}
Outputting variable values
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