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 ...

Overview Swift is ideal for Apple ecosystem apps, while Kotlin dominates Android-based app development.Kotlin 2.0’s faster K2 compiler boosts multiplatform deve ...

I didn’t see this coming, but Apple’s Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development. This is done via an establishment of a dedicated Android Working ...

Apple's Swift programming language, first released in 2014 for Apple's own platforms, is now pushing to add official support for Android. Historically, Swift has been closely tied to Apple's ecosystem ...

Apple has announced that the Swift Student Challenge is now open. Submissions are now open through February 28, and students from all over the world are invited to submit their “app playgrounds.” The ...

In a June 10 keynote presentation at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, Ted Kremenek, Apple director of languages and runtimes, argued that Swift is the best programming language to replace C++ ...

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Thinking about diving into the world of programming languages? It can seem a bit much at first, right? Well, there’s a book ...