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 ...

When it comes to programming languages, it’s often the newest that garner the most attention. But according to Ted Kremenek, Apple director of languages and runtimes, programmers should be shaking off ...

Apple has launched a new tutorial webpage featuring beginner resources for programming using Swift, Swift UI, and Xcode. Ahead of its annual Worldwide Developer Conference this June, "Develop in Swift ...

Apple has released Swift 5.5, the latest version of its open-source programming language for building apps on iOS, macOS and other platforms. Apple announced Swift 5.5 in June at its annual developer ...

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Chris Lattner, the creator of and project lead for Apple’s Swift programming language, today announced in a mailing list email that he will be leaving Apple later this month. He will be joining Tesla ...

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 has made the build system in its high-level programming language Swift — used by llbuild, the Swift Package Manager and Swift Playground — officially open source. Apple formally contributed 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++ ...

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 ...