Kotlin for Activity Platform in Salesforce Activity Platform is a big data event processing engine that ingests and analyzes 100+ million customer interactions every day to automatically capture data, generate insights and recommendations.
We’ve widely adopted Kotlin in place of Java for backend development across Activity Platform as you can see in the diagram above.
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Can you make Web apps with Kotlin?
Although Kotlin is well-known among developers as a language for building Android apps and backends, it’s also great for building web apps. If you want to stay close to the browser API, you can compile Kotlin to JavaScript to build frontend applications, instead of using JavaScript.
Is Kotlin a web developer?
Server-Side Development In addition to the back-end, Kotlin is also great for server-side web development using Kotlin/JS. Not only does Kotlin/JS allow you to access powerful browser and web APIs, but it makes sure you remain type-safe throughout.
Can Kotlin replace JavaScript?
But Kotlin can be used for much more than just Android. You can use Kotlin in place of Java in back-end systems. You can even use Kotlin on the front-end, replacing JavaScript as a web language. Kotlin has the potential to be a true full-stack solution, being in use on the server, in the web browser, and on mobile.
Which is better Kotlin or python?
Large projects demand the rigour of a statically typed language, Kotlin can provide that rigour with no drawbacks such as verbose syntax. Learning Kotlin will teach you more about coding. Python is not suitable for writing small programs for end users but with Kotlin you can do so and get a better solution.
Setting up the Android Studio IDE
We will use the Android Studio IDE for this Kotlin app. This page lists everything you need to do to prepare your computer for Android development. Understanding this documentation is essential for building your Android app, but here’s a brief overview of what you need to do:
Displaying Data
Since our Dreamhouse app already contains custom objects, our first step will be to display some of that same data in the mobile app. To do that, we’ll authenticate the Salesforce mobile app to Salesforce.com, and then fetch a list of brokers.
Setting up the Android Studio IDE
We will use the Android Studio IDE for this Kotlin app. This page lists everything you need to do to prepare your computer for Android development. Understanding this documentation is essential for building your Android app, but here’s a brief overview of what you need to do:
Displaying Data
Since our Dreamhouse app already contains custom objects, our first step will be to display some of that same data in the mobile app. To do that, we’ll authenticate the Salesforce mobile app to Salesforce.com, and then fetch a list of brokers.
Desktops and Laptops
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Tablets
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Prerequisites
See more on engineering.salesforce.com
Setting Up The Android Studio IDE
Displaying Data
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