to learn the basics of writing code. Naturally, it’s centered around Apple’s Swift programming language rather than, say, C++ or JavaScript. And it all starts with Swift Playgrounds ...

But what really excites me (and yes, something from Apple actually does excite me), is the interactive programming nature of Swift. Way, way back in the day, if you learned BASIC, you'd type a ...

If you’re brand new to programming and you have an iPad, you should start exploring code with Apple’s Swift Playgrounds iPad app. It’s an app that is designed to teach you the basics of ...

After a few days playing around with it, I can safely say that it also managed to teach me -- a clueless grownup -- a few Swift programming basics as well. It's available for developer preview now ...

Chris Lattner spent a year and a half creating a new programming ... interested." Swift is not only more familiar to contemporary coders---offering things like "generics," basic building blocks ...

Designers of programming language have to make a whole ... For example, all of Swift's basic variable types implement the Equatable protocol, which allows them to respond to the == operator.

I started work on the Swift Programming Language in July of 2010. I implemented much of the basic language structure, with only a few people knowing of its existence. A few other (amazing ...

Apple has brought its Swift Playground app to Mac to help you learn to code in Swift. The company originally launched the app on iPad in 2016 with an aim to encourage kids learn programming.

Apple thinks Swift itself is a lucid enough programming language to span the ... for those who want to look beyond Byte puzzles and basic shapes. Apple will periodically add new challenges to ...

I took BASIC programming in high school on an Osborne and it’s great to see even younger kids programming today on iPads using Swift. In high school I never knew then how important that one ...