10 facts about Swift
Swift, Apple’s own programming language, has become the lingua franca of mobile development over the past few years with the ever-increasing popularity of iOS devices and apps. However, even if you’re an experienced programmer, there are probably some things about Swift that you didn’t know before today! Here are 10 facts about Swift you never knew before!
1. It was created by Apple
This may seem obvious, but if it weren’t for Apple, there wouldn’t be a Swift. The team at Apple built it because they were frustrated with Objective-C (the language used to build iOS apps) and wanted to fix it. Now, of course, Objective-C is still around — even though its support from Apple has waned — but Swift fills a very real need for millions of programmers. It’s easy to learn: Because Apple built it as a replacement for Objective-C and other languages like Java and Python, one of its goals was to make it simpler than those languages.
2. It uses existing languages
Swift uses C and Objective-C syntax, meaning if you have any experience with these languages it will be really easy to learn how to use Swift. If not, never fear; what it might lack in originality it makes up for in simplicity! The language was created by Apple and first announced at WWDC 2014. It’s built on top of LLVM, a popular framework used by…
