Kotlin is a modern alternative to Java that supports functional programming in the JVM. Here's a first look at programming with Kotlin using some of the concepts and syntax you already know from Java.

Meta has been at work to port their Android codebase from Java to Kotlin. In the process, they have learned a number of lessons of general interest and developed a few useful approaches, explains ...

In Java terms, Kotlin classes are final by default. Default public members and default final classes could be interpreted as subtle encouragement to prefer composition over inheritance.

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Kotlin was designed as a language that expressed many Java idioms cleanly, and bundles in a lot ...

Java, Kotlin or Scala: Which Gatling Flavor is Right for You?, an article published one year after the release of the Java DSL, shows that 35 percent of users work with the Java DSL.

Kotlin, a language fully interoperable with Java, is rising in the ranks. Each month, TIOBE Software ranks 100 programming languages by their popularity with the programming community.

When people ask me why I prefer IntelliJ IDEA for Java development, my answer usually comes down to one thing: it feels like ...