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.

A fast look at Swift, Apple’s new programming language For better or worse, Apple's new language lets you do things your way. ... they are implemented by NeXT's base class, NSObject.

Swift, the programming language used to create apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other Apple platforms, could be used to ...

Google is considering making Apple's Swift programming language a "first class" language for Android, reports The Next Web. Executives from Google, Facebook, and Uber reportedly attended a meeting ...

As the dust settled following the WWDC introduction of Swift, Apple's new and future programming language, Mac and iOS developers had plenty to ponder. Many are coming around to Swift after ...

Swift is not likely to replace Kotlin or Java on Android in the near future, but some developers may find it useful for cross-platform projects.

You can use Swift on Windows, but the lack of a UI layer that makes the language feel like a second-class citizen. If you want basic systems programming, you write a C# console app.

Plans are afoot to outfit Apple’s Swift language with a “first-class” concurrency model. The goal is to make concurrent programming in Swift efficient, safe, and convenient, according to the ...