Ask Slashdot: Swift Or Objective-C As New iOS Developer's 1st Language?

Posted by timothy on Friday September 26, 2014 @10:57AM from the two-roads-diverge-but-do-they-loop dept.

macs4all (973270) writes "I am an experienced C and Assembler Embedded Developer who is contemplating for the first time beginning an iOS App Project. Although I am well-versed in C, I have thus-far avoided C++, C# and Java, and have only briefly dabbled in Obj-C. Now that there are two possibilities for doing iOS Development, which would you suggest that I learn, at least at first? And is Swift even far-enough along to use as the basis for an entire app's development? My goal is the fastest and easiest way to market for this project; not to start a career as a mobile developer. Another thing that might influence the decision: If/when I decide to port my iOS App to Android (and/or Windows Phone), would either of the above be an easier port; or are, for example, Dalvick and the Android APIs different enough from Swift/Obj-C and CocoaTouch that any 'port' is essentially a re-write?"

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Five years of Swift minimum... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-09-26 11:16 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm already getting barraged by headhunters asking for five years of Swift minimum for contracts now...
Neither by Anonymous Coward · 2014-09-26 11:32 · Score: 0, Funny

Adobe flex. Cross platform, works on everything.