Swift Programming, More Than Just an ‘Apple Language’

The new(ish) language used to develop software for all things Apple/IOS is growing… with bigger plans. Is it fit for server-side, cross-platform or Linux OS?

About the Swift Programming Language

Apple, one of the most influential tech companies in the world, started developing in 2010 and released Swift in 2014. Swift was intended as a language primarily for IOS development and all things Apple. It is an Open Source, general-purpose language which has quickly gained popularity and developers contribution since its’ inception.

It now has the support of a large community (Github 50.2k Stars), which has introduced a wealth of third-party tools.

It uses the high-performance LLVM compiler technology which is transformed into native machine code. It has object-oriented features such as classes, protocols, and generics among other key programming features such as types, flow-control and operators.

Great… but what makes Swift different?