I have to propose an app development project in Adroid to a company where i will start soon. I am not sure if I should do that in Android Studio : Java or kotlin . Google says Android's official dev language is Kotlin . But I have all the help and training material on Java. I took a course on Android Studio Java as well . My back ground , however , is C#. I do not want to propose something which is going to haunt me in future. Also I have no Kotlin back ground . I have to get started in probably 2 weeks time. Thanks.
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Kotlin or Java
- Thread starter Usher A
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If you're a professional software developer, you'd be wise to learn the most popular programming languages. According to this Stackoverflow survey, Java is right up there. Kotlin is way down the bottom.
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#most-popular-technologies
There's a ton of software already out there written in Java. That stuff will need maintaining for years to come, or re-writing in a technology refresh at some point. Either way you need to be comfortable with Java.
Do yourself a favour and learn Java.
Also keep an eye on current technology trends, because things can change. However I don't see many jobs coming up requiring Kotlin. And I get sent a lot of job specs.
And where is it said that Kotlin is Android's official development language? Last time I looked the recommended language was Java.
Plus if you learn Java, it opens up a load of other possibilities. Web applications are dominated by Java frameworks.
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#most-popular-technologies
There's a ton of software already out there written in Java. That stuff will need maintaining for years to come, or re-writing in a technology refresh at some point. Either way you need to be comfortable with Java.
Do yourself a favour and learn Java.
Also keep an eye on current technology trends, because things can change. However I don't see many jobs coming up requiring Kotlin. And I get sent a lot of job specs.
And where is it said that Kotlin is Android's official development language? Last time I looked the recommended language was Java.
Plus if you learn Java, it opens up a load of other possibilities. Web applications are dominated by Java frameworks.
Pradeep Makhija
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One of my android developers has made some important differences between kotlin vs java. The top important points are covered in this difference which will clear your thoughts.
