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Kotlin Intro

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Summary

This lesson discusses Kotlin's strengths and the reasons why the software industry is migrating so much from Java to Kotlin. With a more concise and expressive syntax, Kotlin was able to drastically reduce the writing of boilerplate code. Its security features guarantee a more stable development experience and a minimum of crashes.

Key points

Kotlin code is about 40% more compact than conventional Java code.
The built-in null-safety mechanism minimizes the error of the NullPointerException
Support for built-in coroutines for asynchronous programming and light competition
It can be compiled into JVM bytecode, JavaScript, or native binary.

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