Learning Kotlin: 1 | Path to Android Development

Hi, I am Adarsh Kumar Dalai. I am a Computer Science Undergraduate and I just got started with Kotlin!

How is Kotlin different from other languages that I have learnt earlier?

Well, Kotlin has been made particularly so that we can develop multi-platform applications and is quite similar to most of the programming languages. When I compare this with java, it has all of the Java libraries and is a easier version of it. If we go on web we can find that Kotlin is more preferred over java as development becomes more easier with Kotlin.

What are the basic features? To start with, the best part of this language is we don’t have to write System.out.println() or System.out.print() to show the output, just println() or print() is enough and believe me it is way more convenient to have the longest print statement gone and also it’s easier to declare a variable with var and val keywords. Most of the things would look like it is an easier form of java.

It uses JDK so it has a lot to relate with Java, from packages to syntax and a lot more.

How much did I cover so far?

I have covered the very basics roughly up to 25% so I don’t have much to write but more to cover.

This article is a mere introduction to my journey, there will be more as I will keep posting while I keep learning!

Thanks a lot to Sriyank Siddhartha for helping me get started.