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.

Swift is not likely to replace Kotlin or Java on Android in the near future, but some developers may find it useful for cross-platform projects.

Swift, Apple said, resulted from the latest research on programming languages combined with experience building Apple platforms. The language uses the LLVM compiler, with Swift code transformed ...

Code Fellows switches its iOS curriculum to Apple’s new Swift programming language. by Blair Hanley Frank on June 3, 2014 at 12:34 pm June 3, 2014 at 12:35 pmBlair Hanley Frank on June 3, 2014 ...

Why should you code in Swift 5? 1) Swift is open source.Open source typically means that the source code behind a program, or programming language, is made available to the general public.

I am not a young kid. I’m 43, and I have been glued to computers since my first Apple II. I decided to run through the Swift Playgrounds activities to see if it can teach an old dog new tricks.

Apple's new Swift programming language has only been available for a few months, but iOS and OS X developers from American Airlines, Getty Images, LinkedIn and Duolingo are reporting favorable ...

On Tuesday, Apple drops Swift Playgrounds in the app store. I've been immersing myself in this iPad-based code school for a week. Now, as I stare at a Swift Playground lesson plan, I realize I was ...

Apple introduced a brand new programming language last year that’s meant to make coding an app for iOS or OS X easy to do, and today that language is taking a major step: it’s going open ...

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 ...