When you start to work with Kotlin on the backend, you have several options at your disposal. What is interesting to note here is that you don’t need Kotlin support for any of these libraries, because the Java interop features of Kotlin are so good. If you look around, it seems that companies with a big slice of the backend pie also have the same thought: the new version of Spring has some features dedicated to Kotlin, and you can even use Kotlin to write your Gradle scripts using the kotlin-dsl. Or if you just want to try it out, you can start by writing your tests with it. Apart from a few nuisances, you can pretty much start writing your new features in Kotlin within your Java project. This also means that using Kotlin in place of Java on the backend is rather easy. In this article, we’ll look at how it works on the backend.Īs I have written about this before, I think that the interop between Java and Kotlin is quite seamless. While most developers use Kotlin on Android, it is also a viable option on other platforms. You just include it as a dependency, annotate a class or two and you are good to go.By Adam Arold Going Beyond Android: how Kotlin works on the Backend You can, but you don’t need to (at least in our case). No need to write dreadful configurations. Do you need Spring Boot to use Kotlin?īecause Spring is a great framework and the Boot part of Spring Boot makes it even better.
How are coroutines used in Kotlin for backend?Ĭoroutines are Kotlin’s way to write asynchronous or non-blocking code.It’s like a light-weighted thread and while threads are being managed by the OS, coroutines are being managed by the user. I’ve been developing in Java for more than 15 years, fell in-love with Kotlin after 15 minutes. Kotlin has very good interoperability with Java and its frameworks. Is it possible to write Java code in Kotlin?įirst of all you need to understand, you don’t have to re-write all your Java code in Kotlin, you can just start writing in Kotlin in the same project. I do not have to introduce Kotlin to native Android developers, since in May 2017, Google announced that it would be the official language for Android development.
Who are the back end developers for Kotlin?īoldizsar is a Java/Scala back-end developer who has worked at Morgan Stanley on a group of microservices. Well known companies/products using Kotlin It has a plethora of great language features and offers a brevity that ensures higher quality with a faster turn-around time. The lower cost of development and maintenance of Kotlin projects is a big plus for any business.
Kotlin is all set for a bright future in the Android app development eco-system.
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