From Python to Kotlin: A Transition Worth Making
6 points by snej
6 points by snej
Is Kotlin still difficult to use outside of Jetbrains tools?
Yes, that's what I came to say: very good language, apparently pretty good in the multi-platform stuff, a big improvement over Java for Android and much better than Dart or JS, also pretty good for interop or FFI.
Would be a language worth considering to make into your primary language if it wasn't for the fact that it's horrible to use outside JetBrains land.
It's so odd that Google decided to embrace it and give it so much clout.
There's https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlin-lsp but it just embeds IntelliJ anyway.
Weird how the enterprisiest/supposedly best-backed languages seem to end up with the worst LSP servers. (Kotlin, Java (jdtls does the same but with Eclipse), C#, …)