April 12, 2012 at 20:04Kotlin version M1 released (0.1.2090)
Today, the first official milestone of the Kotlin project, a modern programming language for the Java platform developed by JetBrains, has been released:
The most interesting changes:
You can read more about the release and changes in the language here and here .
You can learn more about Kotlin:
PS Bugs can be written in the tracker , and thoughts / comments / suggestions - in the forum .
- The plugin for IntelliJ IDEA 11.1 can be installed from the central repository ( see here ).
- The compiler can be downloaded here .
The most interesting changes:
- Fixed Maven support.
- KDoc appeared - an analogue of JavaDoc, with the help of which the documentation for the standard library was generated .
- The standard library itself is greatly expanded.
- The language supports annotations, multi-line string patterns, local functions, etc.
- Auto-completion of extension functions has been added to the IDE, and semantic code highlighting has been significantly expanded.
You can read more about the release and changes in the language here and here .
You can learn more about Kotlin:
- On the main page of the project .
- At the JavaOne conference in Moscow on April 18 .
- At the JUG meeting in St. Petersburg on April 26 .
- At the ADD-3 conference in Moscow on May 12 .
PS Bugs can be written in the tracker , and thoughts / comments / suggestions - in the forum .
