To give another example from the language guide, let's look at how you define an enumeration of the planets: case Mercury = 1, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune You only have to ...

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

The language still has a few rough edges, though. For example, Seattle-based developer Wayne Bishop of Galleries HQ pointed out that Swift allows users to choose whether or not to end each of ...

According to Apple, Swift will provide a number of significant speed advantages to developers. A complex object sort, for example, will run 3.9x faster than an implementation of the same algorithm ...

Swift, the programming language used to create apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other Apple platforms, could be used to ...

Swift is extending to Android, with a new group to facilitate official support and better integration with Android OS. The ...

Apple has introduced a brand new programming language alongside a brand new version of Xcode. Swift is a big deal for developers. The language includes loads of features third-party developers ...

The new Swift Android Workgroup will promote the use of Apple's programming language to build apps for Android.

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 ...