Swift 5, which was made generally available earlier this year, is source compatible with Swift 4, Swift 4.,1 and Swift 4.2, and Xcode 10.2 has a code migrator that can automatically handle some of ...

A few years ago, Apple introduced the Swift programming language as a sort of simple gateway drug for deeper, Xcode programming. It could be the foundation of real apps in the formal language.

Apple's open-source Swift 5.2 programming language arrived with Tuesday's release of Xcode 11.4, the latest version of Apple's integrated development environment (IDE).

For those that only saw the Keynote this is a nice overview of what WWDC2021 is all about. Apple is really trying to get folks of all skill levels into programming and Swift is now the new "Visual ...

SEE: Apple: Programming language Swift 5.2 is out – Xcode 11.4 and faster code completion The Everyone Can Code curriculum offers the new "Everyone Can Code Adventures" book aimed at students ...

Chris Lattner, the creator of and project lead for Apple’s Swift programming language, today announced in a mailing list email that he will be leaving Apple later this month. He will be joining ...

Lattner worked for nearly 12 years at Apple, where he was responsible for Swift as well as tools used to program in the language, like Xcode and Swift Playgrounds.Since Swift first launched in ...

The curriculum is geared toward high school and higher education students and focuses on the open-source programming language Swift, designed by Apple, and using Xcode on the Mac. Image Credits: Apple ...

Swift, akin to Objective-C but without the baggage, emphasizes speed and interactivity for building OS X and iOS apps Apple has a new programming language, Swift, intended to provide modern ...

Swift Playgrounds is a wonderful introduction to programming. It introduces imperative logic, functions, methods, loops, and many of the marvelous APIs that are available to iOS developers. But it ...