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Using Kotlin for Android Development

Hi guys!
it's time to learn basic of kotlin:

(Recommended by both Google and Jetbrains are "Kotlin for Android Developers" is the best tool forever)
Why Kotlin is good:
1.Building server-side code (typically, backends of web applications)
2.Building mobile applications that run on Android devices

These are all of the advantages of a modern language to the Android platform:
Performance = Calling methods is faster because no need to figure out at runtime which method needs to be called.
Compatibility =  Ensuring that Kotlin applications can run on older Android devices with no issues.
and Fully supported in Android Studio and compatible with the Android build system.
 Maintainability— Easly you can see what kind of objects the code is working with.
Compilation Time— Kotlin supports efficient incremental compilation, so while these additional overhead for clean builds are gone.

Kotlin for Android App Implementation:
1.Pinterest
2.Basecamp's Android app
3.Keepsafe's App Lock app
and more are 100% Kotlin code, and they report a huge difference in programmer happiness
and great improvements in work quality and speed.

Tools for Android Development:
1.Kotlin Android Extensions
Configuring the dependency need to enable the Android Extensions Gradle plugin in your project-local build.gradle file:
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
(we'll discuss much more in next blog)
2.Anko
link:https://github.com/kotlin/anko


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