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I worked in Kotlin for a few months, having very little experience Java to begin with. I have/had deep experience in several other languages, though - Python, R

I worked in Kotlin for a few months, having very little experience Java to begin with. I have/had deep experience in several other languages, though - Python, Ruby, Clojure, etc. Kotlin was nicer to work in that Java, but 99% of the concepts seemed to transfer neatly between the two. Server-side web app development was somewhat limited by the lack of a mature ORM. Exposed and ktorm were the big ones; Exposed explicitly didn't support many PostgreSQL features and had no plans to do some, while ktorm is a small project seemingly maintained primarily by a single developer.

vbsteven 5y ago
> Server-side web app development was somewhat limited by the lack of a mature ORM. I assume you mean a mature ORM written in pure Kotlin with this statement. Because Kotlin interopts so well with Java, you can use any of the battle tested web frameworks like Spring (Boot) with ORM's like Hibernate. Most of these frameworks/libraries even have additional kotlin extensions to enhance the experience. Kotlin + Spring + Postgres is my default stack to do a web/api project in 2021. Super productive environment with good configuration/cloud/di/orm support and a huge ecosystem of available libraries.