Swift is a modern programming language developed by Apple. It is commonly used to code apps for iOS and MacOS, but is ...

Incidentally, Apple's Script programming language is not to be confused with the Swift parallel scripting language, which was developed as an easy means to perform parallel scripting on multicore ...

Programmers typically have to learn several languages to do their jobs. In the Apple world, that might include Objective-C to code Mac and iOS apps and AppleScript to automate common tasks. But ...

He adds, “Swift is a modern programming language that has adopted all the goodies of other popular languages such as automated memory management, script-like syntax and type inference.” ...

Apple introduced a new programming language Monday at its WWDC 2014 keynote, called Swift. But why? All Mac and iOS apps are built with Apple’s toolset called Xcode, but central to Xcode is the ...

Introduced in 2014, Swift is the fastest growing programming language in history and combines the performance and efficiency of compiled languages with the simplicity and interactivity of popular ...

Apple’s new programming language Swift was presented at WWDC 2014 and Version 1.0 was released along with Xcode 6 last fall. Since then, Swift attracted many developers compared with other newly ...

On Monday, Apple announced a new programming language called Swift for iOS and OS X app development. As a language, it’s extremely similar to C and Objective-C with a couple exceptions.

We tore apart Apple's 850-page iBook on its new, simpler programming language, to find out why Apple would introduce a new language--despite all the headaches it will cause.

Apple decided to make its Swift programming language available open source to developers worldwide, and a company executive now explains why this is a historic step. As we previously reported ...

Both Chung and Olson say Swift will lead to a far deeper pool of developers focused on Apple products — and with them, a lot more apps. "The big story is that this makes iOS development way more ...