Kotlin Reviews & Product Details

Null pointers are handled well. Requires to write short codes. Works on JVM so, easy for Java developers to get started with Kotlin. One of the best thing is data types are not needed to declare upfront so easy to focus on application logic rather than handling data types. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Syntax is little tough/not so convenient to understand and it takes some time to start writing code in Kotlin. Community not so big as compared to Java or Python. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The time needed to create an Android app can be shortened with Kotlin. You won't have to wait as long for your code changes to take effect because Kotlin programs are smaller and compile more quickly than Java ones.

A stack trace is often shown when faults are made in your software. Finding and correcting errors is made simpler by Kotlin's error messages, which are more informative than Java's.

Programming language Kotlin is based on Java. Some of the issues with Java can be resolved with Kotlin. Because of its straightforward syntax, Kotlin is simple to use. The language of Kotlin is also simple, concise, and effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although there are numerous resources accessible to assist you, they might not be as extensive as those for Java. This may be a drawback if you're just getting started and require additional help.

Kotlin's compilation time is slower than Java's. The lengthy compilation times for your code can frustrate developers used to quicker compilation times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kotlin programming language is the best language, and we write a few lines of code. Kotlin codes are more readable, and easy to find bugs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Learning kotlin can be challenging.

Hiring can be difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the thought given to OO coherence, inheritance and the elimination of a huge amount of wieldy syntactic sugar. The developments in concurrency are especially useful. thank god it did not go the way of PL/1 or Scala. also like the seamless java library integration and immutability stuff Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

still betrays its java heritage and sometimes seems a match of scala and java.. not really innovative... in fact just distilled good practices and minimal syntax Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

First of all it is open source.Second it run on Java virtual machine.third interoperability .Kotlin is officially supported languages for Android development.You do not need to pay a penny to get started. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kotlin seems to always take more time to compile than Java.Kotlin to Java takes more time than Java to Kotlin code conversion.It lacks of context and namespace. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. The best part of Kotlin is the active online support and in-depth documentation.

2. Its IDE - Android studio is quite intuitive to use.

3. People coming from Java backgrounds can quickly acclimatize with Kotlin. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. The Android studio can be too heavy a software and causes the machine (my mac) to freeze. Also, being an intensive process, we need to shut down other running processes as Android studio can hog all the CPU. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kotlin allows users to create an extension function

Kotlin doesn’t require too much work for data classes

There are no null variables or objects in Kotlin

Kotlin combines features of both object-oriented and functional programming

In Kotlin, we can have one or more secondary constructors

It’s quite easier to deploy Kotlin code

In Kotlin, coroutines are concurrency design patterns that can be used to simplify code

Kotlin’s type of system has inbuilt null safety

Language scripting capabilities allow you to use Kotlin directly in your Gradle build scripts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kotlin doesn’t support static members

Some complications to implementing on click listener Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It treats everything as objects that there are no null pointer exceptions, and the extension functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it isn't easy to understand for people who do not know this language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The syntax is straightforward to learn and has excellent support with third-party liberty and strongly type replacing java to create android apps. Kotlin is a great to create app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't complain about the language, but it could be more helpful to add cross-platform features and create apps for android and ios as an essential feature. Kotlin is the future Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has a very easy way to write asynchronous functions which gives you more time to focus on developing new features for your application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The lack of a mature UI framework for Web applications (or maybe I just haven't searched enough.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.