Apple's new coding course helps teachers learn how to teach students to develop apps for iOS and macOS.

Swift Playgrounds have been a feature of Xcode on macOS for some time. Playgrounds are files of code that can be used to experiment with various programming structures outside of a full Xcode ...

The courses are built around Apple's coding curriculum and its development tool, Xcode, which is used to create apps for the company's platforms. Xcode is free to download on Mac.

It makes no sense that Swift Playgrounds is exclusively available for iPad, and Xcode is available exclusively for Mac. What a huge barrier to learning it is to lock it behind yet another ...

“I wish Swift Playgrounds was around when I was first learning to code,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering. “Swift Playgrounds is the only app of ...

Apple’s Swift Playgrounds are a great way to learn coding, but there’s a huge gap between learning on the iPad and doing on a Mac.

The feature is called Swift Assist and Apple has pledged to build it into its Xcode coding app. The idea is it can be used to generatively write sections of code for you.

If you've ever wanted to learn to develop apps for iOS and iPadOS, there's no better time than now to start learning. Here are the best resources to help you get started.

Apple’s Swift Playgrounds can help you learn to code, but it’s no HyperCard The programming sandbox, seen through the eyes of devs, slightly misses the mark.