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Fragmented - Android Developer Podcast

175: Kotlin or Java - Which one should you learn?

Sep 23, 2019
19:47

One question that Kaushik and I get all the time is this ...

I'm starting to learn how to build Android apps, which language should
I learn? Kotlin or Java?

In this episode Donn answers this question and gives valid points on why both languages are valid options and why you might want to consider one over the other.

He provides caveats to why you might want to use one language over another and some of the trade offs of Java and Kotlin and how they operate together.

If you're wrestling with this question, this is the show for you ...

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