When NeXT began, object-oriented programming hadn't been widely adopted, ... And, because Apple's in control of everything, the same runtime can support both Swift and Objective-C, ...

Object-oriented programming allows procedures about objects to be created whose exact type is not known until runtime. For example, a screen cursor may change its shape from an arrow to a line ...

Swift adopts modern programming language features like adding two strings together with a “+” operator, which is missing in Objective-C. Support for combining characters and strings like this ...

Apple's Swift has far-reaching effects on all platforms, not just iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS. Learn why Swift matters, how to use the programming language and how it differs from Objective-C.

Before Object Oriented Programming (OOP) programs were written an imperative way, essentially a long list of commands (instructions). In imperative programming, you write your code the way you ...

In programming we were particularly interested in the subject of object-oriented programming (OOP). At this point, an interim conclusion may be granted: The topic of OOP has sneaked in and established ...

No, you're not going to create the next big Swift program in the Sandbox, but for those wanting to get their feet wet with Apple's newest object oriented programming language, the IBM Swift ...

As the dust settled following the WWDC introduction of Swift, Apple's new and future programming language, ... He said it was a "pretty traditional object oriented ... Unlike Objective-C, Swift ...

Last summer, about 6 weeks after Apple introduced Swift, a new programming language designed to ultimately replace Objective-C as the language for iOS and OS X development, I wrote about how ...

Swift may finally be replacing Apple’s former favorite, Objective C, according to the latest Tiobe programming language popularity charts.. Swift is on the way up (again) The trend should be of ...