Swift, Apple said, resulted from the latest research on programming languages combined with experience building Apple platforms. The language uses the LLVM compiler, with Swift code transformed ...

Apple introduced a brand new programming language last year that’s meant to make coding an app for iOS or OS X easy to do, and today that language is taking a major step: it’s going open ...

On Tuesday, Apple drops Swift Playgrounds in the app store. I've been immersing myself in this iPad-based code school for a week. Now, as I stare at a Swift Playground lesson plan, I realize I was ...

The global certification program is built on Everyone Can Code, a free, comprehensive program designed by Apple to help everyone learn to code and build iOS apps with Swift.

The programming language for MacOS and iOS apps offers an improved package manager, new source-code compatibility option, and many language improvements Topics Spotlight: Advancing IT Leadership ...

Built with performance in mind (according to Apple, Swift is 8.4 times faster than Python), its strong type system and more secure code reduces the likelihood of vulnerabilities and crashes, and ...

Apple's new Swift programming language has only been available for a few months, but iOS and OS X developers from American Airlines, Getty Images, LinkedIn and Duolingo are reporting favorable ...

With plans to slowly retire the long-used Objective-C, Apple has introduced a new programming language, called Swift, for designing apps and applications to run on Apple iOS devices and Apple ...

Open-sourcing Swift is a big win for the developer community as it means Swift can now be setup to run on a server and many other use cases, bringing Apple programming talent and expertise beyond ...

As promised, Apple has released the source code to its Swift programming language under the Apache 2.0 license (with a Runtime Library Exception). Apple has set up a Web site for Swift, with links to ...