Apple's Swift has far-reaching effects on all platforms, not just iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS. Learn why Swift matters, how to use the programming language and how it differs from Objective-C.

Last summer, about 6 weeks after Apple introduced Swift, a new programming language designed to ultimately replace Objective-C as the language for iOS and OS X development, I wrote about how ...

As the dust settled following the WWDC introduction of Swift, Apple's new and future programming language, Mac and iOS developers had plenty to ponder. Many are coming around to Swift after ...

Apple's programming language Swift is less than four years old, but a new report finds that it's already as popular as its predecessor, Apple's more established Objective-C language.

Swift 6 programming language focuses on concurrency, Linux and Windows In addition to language enhancements, the programming language brings improvements for connecting platforms beyond Apple's ...

Apple touts Swift 5.3's major performance improvements over building apps with its legacy Objective-C language.

Software developers have received an early present — Apple’s Swift is now open source. Apple is opening up its new programming language via Swift.org and GitHub. The company introduced the ...

With plans to slowly retire the long-used Objective-C, Apple has introduced a new programming language, called Swift, for designing apps and applications to run on Apple iOS devices and Apple ...

According to Chris Lattner, director of Apple’s Developer Tools Department, the Swift programming language has only been in development since July 2010.

Apple says its Swift programming language is now open source. As an open source language, the broad community of developers — from app developers to educational institutions to enterprises — can ...