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Groovy vs Kotlin

A side-by-side look at Groovy and Kotlin. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Groovy

Groovy

Development

Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language, with static-typing and static compilation capabilities, for the Java platform aimed at improving developer productivity thanks to a concise, familiar and easy to learn syntax. It integrates smoothly with any Java program, and immediately delivers to your application powerful features, including scripting capabilities, Domain-Specific Language authoring, runtime and compile-time meta-programming and …

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Kotlin

Kotlin

Development

Kotlin is a statically typed programming language that runs on the Java virtual machine and can also be compiled to JavaScript. It is designed to interoperate fully with Java code and has many improvements over Java like null safety, functional programming support, and more concise syntax.

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