Kotlin was born out of a desire for a modern programming language that could be run on the JVM while still being fully compatible with Java and existing Java tooling. With these goals in mind, Kotlin has evolved into one of the fastest growing programming languages in the world and continues to carve out space for itself across multiple domains.
GitHub's 2018 State of the Octoverse report listed Kotlin as the fastest growing language on GitHub: https://github.blog/2018-11-15-state-of-the-octoverse-top-programming-languages/.
In this section, we're going to dive into what Kotlin is, how it came to be, and why it's great for developers.
