A Beginner's Guide To Programming With Swift

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 18, 2014 @09:46AM from the how-swift-is-it? dept.

Nerval's Lobster (2598977) writes Earlier this year, Apple executives unveiled Swift, which is meant to eventually replace Objective-C as the programming language of choice for Macs and iOS devices. Now that iOS 8's out, a lot of developers who build apps for Apple's platforms will likely give Swift a more intensive look. While Apple boasts that Swift makes programming easy, it'll take some time to learn how the language works. A new walkthrough by developer David Bolton shows how to build a very simple app in Swift, complete with project files (hosted on SourceForge) so you can follow along. A key takeaway: while some Swift features do make programming easier, there's definitely a learning curve here.

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Re:Embracing the bird by goombah99 · 2014-09-18 10:23 · Score: 1, Funny

I love his Geraldine character.

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Re:Embracing the bird by MightyMartian · 2014-09-18 10:24 · Score: 4, Funny

If you start with PHP, even Brainfuck looks fun and refreshing. Jesus pal, talk about damning a language with faint praise.

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