[t-writescode]

And if you want even cleaner and simpler syntax, while getting the benefits of the JVM, then Kotlin is a nice "step up" from there!

[likeabbas]

My company is trying to force Kotlin as the default, but I just prefer modern Java tbh. Kotlin is a very nice language, and I'd be fine with writing it, but modern Java just seems like it has "caught up" and even surpassed Kotlin in some features lately.

[Tainnor]

YMMV, but null safety alone for me is a reason never to use Java when I could use Kotlin instead.

[likeabbas]

null safety is very nice. But @Nullable and @NotNull annotations have worked very well for me so far.