ZDNet

Apple: Programming language Swift 5.2 is out – Xcode 11.4 and faster code completion

Apple has released version 5.2 of its widely used Swift programming language for writing apps for the Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apple's open-source Swift 5.2 programming language ...

Developers Can Now Make Android Apps With Apple's Swift

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in ...
Tidbits

Swift: Who Is Apple’s New Programming Language For?

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 ...
Fast Company

Lyft Goes Swift: How (And Why) It Rewrote Its App From Scratch In Apple’s New Language

When Apple ended its WWDC keynote in June 2014 by announcing Swift, an all-new language for creating iOS apps, it was an unusual moment for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it was a seriously ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: Swift 5.3 is out with better performance, productivity, says Apple

Along with springing iOS 14 on unsuspecting developers, Apple yesterday also released version 5.3 of its Swift programming language. Swift 5.3 is available to developers from the Swift website or with ...
AppleInsider

Apple's top secret Swift language grew from work to sustain Objective C, which it now aims to replace

Work on Swift— Apple's surprise new programming language unveiled at WWDC— started development four years ago in conjunction with efforts to keep Objective C relevant. Swift now aims to quickly ...
PC World

As open source code, Apple’s Swift language could take flight

Apple will release the source code underlying its Swift programming language, a move that could broaden the user base for the new language. When Swift becomes open source later this year, programmers ...
TechRepublic

Apple’s Swift programming language: Cheat sheet

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.
Ars Technica

Apple shows off Swift, its new programming language

Apple announced on Monday that it has developed a successor to its venerable Objective C with a language it’s calling Swift. Providing a new language with “none of the baggage of C,” Swift code can ...

Android developers can now make apps using Apple's Swift

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched ...
Fast Company

What’s New And Different About Apple’s New Swift Programming Language?

Apple’s new Swift language is the first time Cupertino has seriously changed its software underpinnings since it bought NeXT, which became the guts of Mac OS X. So how different is it, really? And ...