Kotlin Lead Language Designer Andrey Breslav on Android Support, Language Features and Future Plans

22/06/2017 29 min
Kotlin Lead Language Designer Andrey Breslav on Android Support, Language Features and Future Plans

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- Kotlin is an officially supported language on Google Android platforms
- Kotlin Native and Kotlin JS will allow code reuse between server, client and mobile devices
- Type safety means that references can be checked for nullability Great tooling is a driver in what kind of language features are (and aren’t) adopted
- Coroutines provide a way of creating maintainable asynchronous systems

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