Developed by JetBrains, Kotlin is an open source and statically-typed programming language. It runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and can be compiled to JavaScript source code or use the LLVM compiler infrastructure. Kotlin is easy to learn, especially for Java developers.
To use Kotlin, you don't need to download or set it up separately like Java. It comes with the IDEs. Kotlin is a built-in feature of Android Studio, IntelliJ Ultimate, or IntelliJ Community. To use Kotlin in Eclipse, you need to follow these steps:
- Go to help -> Eclipse Marketplace from the Eclipse toolbar.
- In the search box, write Kotlin, there you will find the Kotlin plugin.
- Install it and you can write code in Kotlin:
Eclipse Marketplace
We highly recommend using IntelliJ IDE to implement the latest version of Kotlin. The Eclipse plugin does not have the latest version of Kotlin.