At first, we tentatively used it in conjunction with Java, then gradually worked our way up to building entire business-critical applications solely on Kotlin. And so we slowly began to adopt Kotlin in our projects.
Originally, we simply defaulted to Java, but as we ran into similar obstacles time after time we began to hunt for alternative programming languages.Įventually, we discovered Kotlin and fell for its concise and easily readable syntax, asynchronous capabilities, and seamless interoperability with Java. Since Adobe Experience Platform revolves around providing actionable customer insights in real-time, we are constantly looking to improve the way we develop those real-time services. These pipelines are also built on top of big data frameworks that have an affinity for this language. The second most used JVM language is Scala, which is mostly employed in data processing pipelines that run through many terabytes of information daily. In Adobe Experience Platform, most of the backend applications are built in Java. In this post, we highlight Kotlin’s potential beyond mobile and why we switched from Java to Kotlin for increased productivity and a vastly better developer experience. While Kotlin is a top choice for developing Android applications, it has long been overlooked for server-side application development. With a short learning curve, Kotlin quickly allows developers to write concise and expressive code both in new and existing applications thanks to its full interoperability with Java stacks.
Kotlin is an open-source programming language that offers many of today’s expected features and solves dozens of issues that Java suffers from. Traditionally, Java was the language of choice for developers building server-side applications targeting the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).īut with limited features for today’s modern requirements, Java often results in cumbersome developer experience and a painfully slow time-to-value for many applications. Web servers can no longer be limited to simply printing web pages, but must also receive, store and transform data destined to reach user devices in record time. With the rise of mobile and modern web applications, backends have evolved from monolithic web containers to a distributed mesh of data-driven applications. In this post, we focus on the advantages of Kotlin and why we prefer it over Java for our own server-side app development in Adobe Experience Platform. This is the first of a three-part series in which we re-introduce developers to Kotlin as an alternative for building server-side applications.
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