I wanted to learn how to make an android app and it seems to be pushing to use Kotlin (official tutorial). I thought I was going to use Java (that I know). So I’m a little lost.
Is it really better with Kotlin than Java? Is it a good investment to learn Kotlin?

I just want to be able to make android app for myself and maybe it could drive me somewhere at some point professionnally. I have a web dev formation.

  • thantik@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Even for someone who doesn’t program in java or Kotlin, I can trod my way through modifying things written in Kotlin where I’m hopelessly lost in Java.

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      11 months ago

      Eh, Java isn’t so bad… As long as you have your leather bound books detailing every single built in class at your fingertips…

      … And I guess a warehouse large enough to actually store them.