Apple will release the source code underlying its Swift programming language, a move that could broaden the user base for the new language. When Swift becomes open source later this year, programmers ...

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.

Apple had until the end of the year to make good on making Swift open source, and now it has. The language, along with its compiler, libraries and debugger, are all open source. Swift has been ...

Swift, the fast growing computer programming language created by Apple, is officially going open source starting today. Apple unveiled Swift at WWDC in 2014 with a promise to make it open source in ...

Swift is Apple's open-source, general-purpose programming language. It replaces C-based languages (C, C++, and Objective-C) for everything from systems programming to mobile and desktop apps all the ...

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 ...

Apple has launched a blog on its official developer website to promote the new Swift programming language. Swift, which was announced at WWDC 2014, is a successor to the Objective-C programming ...

Work on Swift— Apple's surprise new programming language unveiled at WWDC— started development four years ago in conjunction with efforts to keep Objective C relevant. Swift now aims to quickly ...

Apple's new Swift programming language has only been available for a few months, but iOS and OS X developers from American Airlines, Getty Images, LinkedIn and Duolingo are reporting favorable ...

When Apple ended its WWDC keynote in June 2014 by announcing Swift, an all-new language for creating iOS apps, it was an unusual moment for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it was a seriously ...

As we noted at the end of our recent Worldwide Developer Conference overview article (“Apple Unveils iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite at WWDC,” 2 June 2014), Apple has released a brand new programming language ...

When Apple unveiled Swift 2.0 at WWDC back in June, one of the bigger announcements was that the language would be going open source by the end of the year. The time has come—­just a few weeks before ...