# Kotlin on the server at Khan Academy

DevFeed: [Kotlin on the server at Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kotlin-on-the-server-at-khan-academy-27389.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/kotlin-adoption.htm>)

Author: Khan Academy

Published: 2018-06-28T22:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/khan-academy.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [backend-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend-development.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

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## AI overview

Khan Academy describes testing Kotlin for user-facing server requests during a 2018 hackathon and deciding to adopt Kotlin as a second server-side language after reporting positive efficiency results and a positive developer experience.

## Source excerpt

By Colin Fuller At Khan Academy, we run our web application using Python 2.7 on Google's App Engine ... Read more