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Have you explored Kotlin? It's really not just for Android.
by binkHN 4y ago
Have you explored Kotlin? It's really not just for Android.
- nerdponx 4y agoI've heard from a few corners that Kotlin is "Java but better", but I've also heard that the tooling is pretty lacking if you aren't using JetBrains stuff. True?
- dboreham 4y agoSuccessfully used VSCode for Kotlin projects.
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- pdntspa 4y agoI have, it's a nice language but I didn't like the mental tax of translating Java code to Kotlin in my head whenever I had to read up on how to do something I do intend to dig into it a bit more once I feel like I have mastered Java
- binkHN 4y agoI hear you, and had to do the same for a while. Eventually your brain migrates over and it becomes second nature. The ability to copy Java code and paste it as Kotlin helps tremendously, especially in the beginning.
- KronisLV 4y ago> I have, it's a nice language but I didn't like the mental tax of translating Java code to Kotlin in my head whenever I had to read up on how to do something You can always let your IDE also do some of the work, at least for a quick reference: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/get-started-with-kotlin.html#1550a751 https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/get-started-with-kotlin.... Of course, when you get into slightly different idioms or design pattern implementations, things might require a bit more mental effort and manual work.