Kotlin Crash Course
Kotlin is a language that improves greatly upon Java and at the same time can use all Java libraries and frameworks. It provides both the power of object oriented programming OOP and functional programming paradigms. It is becoming the language of choice for developing Android apps and getting more popular.
Advantages of Kotlin
it is used for Android development
it is becoming very Popular
it Work with java libraries
Does not need a lot lines of code like java(less than half)
Get feature support from google
Better for more complex android apps than the cross platform frameworks like flutter and react native
Installation
IntelliJ ide download—jetbrains. Try on Google
https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/downlo...
Community version is ok
Run the installer
Install – click next then install
Open the inteliJ
No need to import setting
Click on new project after installing JDK – Java development kit
JDK – open JDK on Google - .openjdk.net
You can also use oracle JDK
Android studio for android development
Go to Google type android studio download
Accept license and download
Run the file
Accept and install
It comes with JDK and other needs
Install virtual machine to test your app
Start android studio
Do not import setting
Code Snippet for Kotlin
Created by Augustine Ekene Emeka
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package demo
import java.util.Ran
fun main() {}