Using Kotlin for Server-side Development

Using Kotlin for Server-side Development

Kotlin is a next-gen programming language and  great fit for developing server-side applications.
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 Server-side language :
> Strong type system thanks to the type inference which will save you many headaches.
>Proper multithreading
>Which is gaining popularity with the Android development community as a replacement for old good Java.
>The language is very well designed and I haven't encountered any gotchas unlike JS where you have to tread carefully the whole time
>Kotlin Native will in the future allow you to run Kotlin without the JVM
>While you're at it, you can do Android native in the same language and there are plans for better iOS support via Kotlin Native.
>Kotlin might replace your bash scripts in the future - one language that does it all!
>The Kotlin standard lib has almost everything you need for general dev, so no need for external helper libraries to do String padding, and so forth.
>You get both Object Orientated and Functional benefits in Kotlin since they took the best features from a large number of languages and simply copied plus improved it instead of re-inventing the wheel.
>null safety is probably a huge advantage over JS.

Deploying Kotlin Server-side Applications
Kotlin applications can be deployed into any host that supports Java Web applications, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and more.

*The automated Java to Kotlin converter included in the Kotlin plugin helps with the first steps.
link: https://try.kotlinlang.org/