In this session we will be learning about two very popular mobile development platforms that is Kotlin and Flutter. 


In this tutorial on Kotlin vs Flutter we will not only learn about them but also will compare these two.So let's go ahead and have a look at what we will be covering today.So we will start with what is kotlin then we will understand what is flutter and then we will do the comparison between kotlin and flutter in various aspects and at last we will be learning about the advantages of kotlin and flutter respectively but before we begin make sure to never miss an update.

So let's go ahead and learn about kotlin.

So what is Kotlin ???

Kotlin is a journal purpose statically typed programming language developed by JetBrains in 2010 and later released in 2016.


Here statically typed means the type of the variable is known at the compile time kotlin is interoperable with java which means both the languages can share and use the information or we can say we can use kotlin side by side with java and just like java compiler the kotlin compiler also generates the byte code which can run on JVM that is Java Virtual Machine. 

It is very easy and friendly language and kotlin language is developed by selecting the good features of different languages like java javascript c-sharp,etc. also in 2017 google announced kotlin as an official supported language for android.

Now as we have understood about kotlin.now let's go ahead and learn about flutter.

 So what is Flutter???

Flutter is a user interface toolkit which was developed by google in 2017 it is not only used to develop mobile applications but web applications desktop applications and some embedded device as well.


Flutter is not a language but a development kit which contains all the necessary libraries tools documentations etc to build the software dart is the programming language which is used in flutter that was developed by google in 2011 and is very suitable for mobile and web applications.

Flutter is an open source framework and offer a complete package of widgets tools etc for the development purpose.Now let's go ahead and compare both Kotlin and Flutter in terms of different aspects. So we'll start with the performance. We'll start with kotlin the kotlin applications directly interact with the device which is why the kotlin apps runs faster than the flutter apps also the kotlin code compiles in the same format of the platform in which it is written which is why it is more suitable for cross-platform mobile app development and that makes kotlin a robust platform on the other hand if we look at flutter its debugging and development process is quite faster because of its features which is hot reload and hot restart.


These features allows the developers to change the code instantly and see its effect which helps in speeding up the development process and helps in building apps at much faster rate although comparing kotlin and flutter is not that fair because they don't have the common grounds when it comes to performance.

Flutter is a ui toolkit its performance depends on how the interface of the app looks and its frames per seconds etc on the other hand kotlin is a programming language which is used to develop android and cross platform apps.

So its measurement of performance is bit different from flutter both kotlin and flutter have different approaches and amazing performance but still if we have to compare them then flutter has the upper hand because of its hot reload feature.Now let's go ahead and compare kotlin and flutter in terms of ease of learning.


Kotlin is quite an easy language especially if you know java then it will be very easy for you to understand and learn this language because kotlin is inspired from java language and the users of java language will find the syntax of kotlin very familiar for the beginners.

Also kotlin is an easy language learning this language will hardly take a month because of its concise and easy to learn syntax now coming to flutter to learn flutter first you have to learn dart programming to develop web mobile and desktop applications which is also an easy language to learn its documentation is more comprehensive than kotlin although kotlin has lesser learning resources than flutter but still it is easier to learn it because in flutter you have to learn the dart programming from scratch but it is not so in case of kotlin and also kotlin syntax is similar to java which gives kotlin an upper hand.


Now let's move on to popularity kotlin's popularity on github is 40k stars which is quite less than flutters on the other hand flutter's popularity on github is 98.9k stars since its 1.0 release which is quite good however as per google trends comparison the difference between average interest is not that much between flutter and kotlin language lies at 72 and flutter language lies at 76 in terms of average popularity out of 100. 

As per stack overflow the percentage of stack overflow questions for flutter is approx 2.50 and for kotlin it is 1.17 percent.

Now moving to the fourth comparison which is integration of third-party libraries kotlin language doesn't require a set of libraries and tools to make a connection because it works with native platform ecosystem.The app developers can deploy the same libraries and third party tools instead of making new one on the other hand flutter is a ui development tool.So it needs third party libraries and tools to make a connection with native environment.


Now, last comparison would be the apps developed by kotlin and flutter.


Kotlin has developed many apps including vmware, pinterest, coursera, zomato, netflix and uber, etc. on the other hand flutter has developed apps including cryptograph,google ads, postmuse,hamilton app tree,etc.

So as we have compared both kotlin and flutter. Now next we will be moving to the advantages of kotlin.

ADVANTAGES of KOTLIN :-


null safety is one of the most innovative feature that comes with kotlin language. This null safety feature eliminates the risk of null pointer exception. The kotlin type system helps in differentiating between nullable and non-nullable references and kotlin doesn't compile the code which tries to return null.

Next advantage is robust performance as we already discussed that in kotlin language the code we write is compiled in the same format as the platform of which it is planned this feature provides the performance to the native app development which makes kotlin language a robust platform.

Next is easy to learn syntax kotlin language is easy and simple to comprehend it is inspired from languages like java c-sharp, etc.

Its syntax is also quite similar and less strict to java due to its similarity with java the users who knew java found this language very familiar to java and easy to grasp also due to its interoperable nature with java both languages can co-exist which make things easier for developers.

Next advantage is kotlin is concise and easy to maintain in kotlin language you don't have to write extra code unlike java you don't have to write the entire code you can simply write the same code with fear lines also kotlin has a single code base that makes it a stable language for development and you can easily detect errors before running the code.

ADVANTAGES of FLUTTER :-


So first advantage is hot reload feature of flutter. This feature allows you to see the change that you have created like fixing bugs, building user interface, etc and those changes are then reflected instantly also it helps you to write the code faster with ease.

Next advantage is flutters less development cost in flutter you have the advantage of using the same code because of native app development which allows us to reuse most part of the code this helps in cutting the development time and resources along with that it helps in reducing the budget up to 30 to 40 percent.

Next is widgets flutter sdk comes with numerous widgets which offers many capabilities these widgets helps in making the app attractive it is used to display it is used to design something and it is also used to handle the interactions as well the choice of widgets is responsible for the design or view of the screen.

Now,moving on to the next advantage which is MVP.

MVP and Prototype development.

Here mvp stands for minimum viable

product. It is a simpler version of the app or Software that solves the problem Statement mvp helps in giving the true potential of the idea it helps in attracting the interest of the users in the product that you are planning to launch.

Flutter is a cross-platform development tool. So minimum time and resources are needed and can be assessed if the idea is good or not so these were some advantages of kotlin and flutter and with that we have come to the end of this session.

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