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Further notes on Kotlin
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Corda is written in a language called `Kotlin <https://kotlinlang.org/>`_. Kotlin is a language that targets the JVM
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and can be thought of as a simpler Scala, with much better Java interop. It is developed by and has commercial support
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from JetBrains, the makers of the IntelliJ IDE and other popular developer tools.
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Kotlin is a relatively new language and is extremely easy to learn. It is designed as a better Java for industrial
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use and, as such, the syntax was carefully designed to be readable even to people who don't know the language, after only
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a few minutes of introduction. Additionally, at R3, we find that all of our developers are up to productive writing speed
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in Kotlin within their first week.
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Due to the seamless Java interop the use of Kotlin to extend the platform is *not* required and the tutorial shows how
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to write contracts in both Kotlin and Java. You can `read more about why Kotlin is a potentially strong successor to Java here <https://medium.com/@octskyward/why-kotlin-is-my-next-programming-language-c25c001e26e3>`_.
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