YAML vs Kotlin: 30 Metrics Comparison

YAML vs Kotlin

YAML

YAML is a Declarative, Markup programming language first appeared in 2001, designed by Clark Evans. Main use cases: Data Serialization, Configuration, Interchange.

Kotlin

Kotlin is a Object-Oriented, Functional programming language first appeared in 2011, designed by JetBrains. Main use cases: Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android.

30 Metrics

Metric YAML Kotlin
GitHub Stars 61014 57848
Stack Overflow Tags 753537 812870
TIOBE Rank 22 33
RedMonk Rank 24 20
PYPL Rank 30 39
Average Salary (USD) 129620 125921
Job Postings 40815 38742
Benchmarks Score 0.75 0.98
Learning Curve Hard Hard
Community Size Very Large Large
Documentation Quality 8 8
Ecosystem Maturity 10 8
Industry Adoption 10 8
Type System Complexity 10 9
Concurrency Support 9 10
Performance - Execution Speed 10 10
Performance - Memory Usage 10 10
Performance - Startup Time 10 9
Tooling Quality 8 7
Package Manager Quality 8 9
IDE Support 7 8
Debugging Experience 7 8
GitHub Stars Rank 15 21
Stack Overflow Tags Rank 22 18
Average Salary Rank 11 17
Job Postings Rank 14 21
Benchmarks Rank 40 8
Learning Curve Score 1 2
Community Size Score 10 8
AHP Score 8.01 7.66

AHP Score

  • YAML: 8.01 (#18)
  • Kotlin: 7.66 (#22)
YAML            | ######## 8.01
Kotlin          | ######## 7.66

When to choose YAML

Data Serialization, Configuration, Interchange. YAML is a Declarative, Markup programming language first appeared in 2001, designed by Clark Evans. Main use cases: Data Serialization, Configuration, Interchange.

When to choose Kotlin

Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android. Kotlin is a Object-Oriented, Functional programming language first appeared in 2011, designed by JetBrains. Main use cases: Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android.

Hello World Example

YAML:

msg: Hello, World!

Kotlin:

fun main(){ println("Hello, World!") }

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