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.

As we noted at the end of our recent Worldwide Developer Conference overview article (“Apple Unveils iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite at WWDC,” 2 June 2014), Apple has released a brand new programming language ...

Need to learn Apple’s Swift development language? Help is at hand with these handy online resources, including free & paid courses. Apple’s Swift is billed by the tech giant as a programming language ...

Apple says its Swift programming language is now open source. As an open source language, the broad community of developers — from app developers to educational institutions to enterprises — can ...

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 ...

If you have an iPhone or iPad app idea but no idea where to begin, start with these great resources Now is a great time to start programming in the Swift programming language on iOS. But where to ...

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 ...

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, Apple's ...