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Alex
Alex

Reputation: 2037

Gradle: What is the benefit if I switch from Groovy to Kotlin?

I'm a Android developer. As result I use Gradle for build android projects. I write (about 2 years) gradle scripts on Groovy. As result scripts is very compact, clear and easy to support. It is very good.

But in new version of Gradle is introduce new language - Kotlin.

My question is: What is the benefit (for writing Gradle scripts) if I switch from Groovy to Kotlin?

Upvotes: 54

Views: 38052

Answers (2)

s1m0nw1
s1m0nw1

Reputation: 81929

Kotlin is statically typed, whereas Groovy is not. Statically typed languages like Kotlin enable IDEs to support particular tasks much better:

  • auto-completion and content assist
  • quick documentation
  • navigation to source
  • refactoring and more

This is a great advantage that Gradle sees and therefore started with Kotlin as an alternative to Groovy.

There are also some official statements which you can find here.

Kotlin has become a standard scripting language in the Gradle ecosystem as you can see in their documentation.

Upvotes: 58

Oscar F
Oscar F

Reputation: 1149

I found this blog which explains some advantages to use Gradle Kotlin compare to Gradle Groovy: https://gradlehero.com/5-reasons-to-switch-to-the-gradle-kotlin-dsl/.

Quick resume of these advantages:

  • Simplified plugins syntax
  • Default lazy task configuration
  • Compile time checks
  • Better IDE experience
  • Advantages of Kotlin language compare to Groovy Language

Hope it's could help.

Upvotes: 3

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