The birth of Swift comes after a realisation that many programming neophytes find it difficult to code in Objective-C because of its untangled pointers, file handling and the punctuation-rich syntax.

If you're interested in learning Apple's newly announced Swift programming language, Apple is giving you the chance with a free eBook on iTunes. Swift is capable of creating iOS and OS X apps, and is ...

Last summer, Apple surprised almost everyone at WWDC with the announcement of Swift, a new programming language for iOS and Mac development. The language feels like something Apple would invent. Like ...

Want to create your own app? To do so, you need to learn a programming language. Fortunately, Apple has a language for writing apps for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and you can have fun learning it, as ...

The iPad app starts with easy programming techniques but moves well beyond the basics as you send a character around an island in the sky to collect gems. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Swift, akin to Objective-C but without the baggage, emphasizes speed and interactivity for building OS X and iOS apps Apple has a new programming language, Swift, intended to provide modern ...