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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When I spent time around WWDC this past week, one word was on everybody’s lips: Swift. Apple’s newly-announced programming language brings a number of benefits, and marks a major ...

Apple today announced a new programming language called Swift at WWDC, which will replace Objective C as the language developers use for building iOS and OS X apps. Craig Federighi announced the new ...

Apple introduced a new programming language Monday at its WWDC 2014 keynote, called Swift. But why? All Mac and iOS apps are built with Apple’s toolset called Xcode, but central to Xcode is the ...

Apple’s new Swift language is the first time Cupertino has seriously changed its software underpinnings since it bought NeXT, which became the guts of Mac OS X. So how different is it, really? And ...

Swift, the programming language Apple launched in the summer of 2014 to replace the aging Objective-C, has entered the TIOBE index of programming languages top 10 for the first time in its short life.

Apple's used Objective-C as its programming language of choice for right around 20 years now, but it's brought something new to its yearly developer conference: Swift, a new tongue of its own making.

The Swift programming language was as close to a "One More Thing" as there was at the WWDC Keynote this week, debuting to significant cheers from the developers in the audience. Immediate reaction ...