What is Swift?.
Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. A fast, safe and interactive language combining modern language thinking and become a fantastic way to write software, making it suitable for applications that runs on phones, desktops and servers. A Programmer friendly language neither compromises on performance nor on development by combining powerful inferences and patterns matching with the modern, lightweight syntax to express complex ideas concisely.
| Maintained by | License Type | Popular Examples | Support | Updates | Developer Skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | Apache License 2.0 (Swift 2.2 and later) | Messenger,Instagram,youtube | swift.com/contact-us/support | Supported frequently beyond the next major version release. | Object-oriented programming. Experience with Cocoa APIs on OS X. |
| Often Compared to | Testing | Accessibility | Maintained by | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| objective c & java | Quick,Fastlane and Slather | – | Apple Inc. | github.com/apple/swift |
Pros:
- Clean and expressive language, easy to read and write, reducing manual development efforts.
- Simplicity and Transparency enables scaling up of easy project development.
- PRobust bug-fixing functionality gives no room for error, making the application more friendly.
- Allows to test code on the spot without compiling big pieces of it or creating whole app
Cons:
- Consistent changes in the newer versions of iOS, appears to be unstable. Considering of shifting projects to a newer version of Swift seems to be high.
- Swift still has a very limited number of “native” libraries and tools: Many of the available resources and tools dedicated to earlier Swift versions are useless with the newer releases.