How to Install Kotlin Programming Language in Ubuntu/Debian Linux

How to Install Kotlin Programming Language in Ubuntu/Debian Linux - Hello guys, Have you heard about Kotlin? Kotlin is a programming language that can be called the new programming language. Until now Kotlin has reached the 1.0 release. Developers claim Kotlin as a pragmatic programming language.
Kotlin is a pragmatic programming language for JVM and Android that combines Object Oriented (OO) and functional features and focuses on interoperability, security, clarity and integration support with major tools. As a general-purpose programming language, Kotlin can run wherever Java is. Kotlin can be used to develop various server-side applications, mobile apps (Android), desktop applications. What are the major support tools for Kotlin? This is it.

How to Install Kotlin Programming Language in Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Install Kotlin using The Software Development Kit (SDK) Manager !

FF(Featured Features) of Kotlin Programming Language:

This relatively new programming language prioritizes productivity, therefore Kotlin comes with features that make it easy to program code generation. Here are the sweet features:

• Safe from Null, as mentioned above, no longer need to worry about the possibility of Null Pointer Exception. The compiler will systematically mark a potentially null pointer.
• Functional Programming, lambda support and mapping capabilities, folding, in Collection Java.
• Automatic Data Annotation is created to reduce boilerplate; such as equals, hashCode, toString.
• Slim Syntax, which offers quick syntax writing. Create one-liner function, create Java Beans with just one line, setter method and automatic getter.
• Extension Function that allows to add methods to a class without having to change its source code.
• String interpolation that allows to insert variables into Strings without connection as in EcmaScript.
• There are many more, naming arguments, optional parameters, default values ​​for parameters.

Command Installation:

$ wget -O sdk.install.sh "https://get.sdkman.io"

$ bash sdk.install.sh

• Wait the installation process, and after that.  type this command.

$ source ~/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh

• after that, test your sdk by type this command.

$ sdk help

• to install kotlin just type.

$ sdk install kotlin

• after the installation process kotlin have done, next you should install openjdk.

$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre-headless

Create Your First Kotlin Program !

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

      println("Hello World!");

}

• and then save the file with .kt extension e.g here I would save my file as "hello.kt".
• after you save this, you should compile your kotlin program into jar.

$ kotlinc hello.kt -include-runtime -d hello.jar

• run your first kotlin program.

$ java -jar hello.jar

• the result will:

Hello World!

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