Kotlin is one of the newer languages on the JVM. It is statically typed and aims to provide a blend of OO and FP programming styles. We present the main features that might appeal to Java developers.

Socket now also scans Scala and Kotlin projects for security risks. The platform continues to grow in terms of language. The ...

For example, Meta had to update the ReDex Android bytecode optimizer and the lexer component of syntax highlighter Pygments, and built a Kotlin symbol processing (KSP) API, used to create Kotlin ...

The as-yet-unnamed language in development would produce cross-platform applications and make AI code generation more ...

The appeal of Kotlin among Android developers is straightforward: It's a statically typed language -- similar to Scala, Gosu, Ceylon and Fantom -- which compiles to both JVM byte code and JavaScript.

Java still holds a large majority, with 86.9% of developers saying they use it as their main programming language for building JVM applications, compared to 5.5% with Kotlin.

Kite, which suggests code snippets for developers in real time, today added support for 11 more programming languages, bringing its total to 13. In addition to Python and JavaScript, Kite’s AI ...

Version 1.2 of the statically typed Kotlin language, will offer an experimental feature enabling reuse of code across platforms, as well as compatibility with the Java 9 module system.