If you're interested in learning Apple's newly announced Swift programming language, Apple is giving you the chance with a free eBook on iTunes. Swift is capable of creating iOS and OS X apps, and is ...

Last summer, Apple surprised almost everyone at WWDC with the announcement of Swift, a new programming language for iOS and Mac development. The language feels like something Apple would invent. Like ...

At Monday's WWDC, Apple made many announcements regarding the future of OS X and iOS. Perhaps the most interesting (and possibly most far-reaching) of these announcements was the surprise introduction ...

If anyone outside Apple saw Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions. In the middle of a keynote filled with the sorts of announcements you'd expect (even if the details were ...

Swift is Apple's open-source, general-purpose programming language. It replaces C-based languages (C, C++, and Objective-C) for everything from systems programming to mobile and desktop apps all the ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Chris Lattner spent ...

Chris Lattner spent a year and a half creating a new programming language -- a new way of designing, building, and running computer software -- and he didn't mention it to anyone, not even his closest ...

Objective-C's stumble cleared the way for JavaScript to become Tiobe's Language of the Year, while PyPL gave the title to Swift When it comes to language popularity, JavaScript had a big 2014, and ...