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Mert Kahraman
12,118 PointsBeginners should start with SWIFT or SWIFT 2.0 Courses?
Hi Treehouse Community,
I'm a beginner in Treehouse, currently finishing the Digital Literacy course, which I believe builds up a very general foundation and understanding of the environment. I started Treehouse with the aspiration of becoming a SWIFT developer. However I can't quite decide which course to begin and continue with: SWIFT Course or the SWIFT 2.0 Course?
As far as I understood, SWIFT 2.0 has major updates etc., but the foundation is still the same. I'd like to be on the frontier and stay the most updated, so should I directly take the SWIFT 2.0 course? Or must I complete the SWIFT course, and then begin the SWIFT 2.0 course?
Your thoughts will be appreciated!
4 Answers
Tobias Helmrich
31,604 PointsHey Mert,
the Swift 1 and Swift 2 courses are completely independent from each other and the Swift 2 courses do not build on the Swift 1 courses. Many Swift 2 courses are basically new, updated versions of the old courses so it's perfectly fine to start with the Swift 2.0 Basics course without doing any of the previous Swift courses.
I hope that helps, if you have further questions feel free to ask! :)
jon kelson
5,149 PointsHi Mert , I started with the swift course and then when I was nearly through it the swift 2.0 came out . Both courses are very good . So what I tended to do was to bounce back and forth between the two as they both bring slightly different lessons in the same fields. Saying this if I still want to revise on let's say functions, I will go to both and find the parts I need to learn a little more on, so I find them both useful.
I think swift 2.0 goes into more depth into things like functions etc , leading up to making and understanding programs . So if I was to start all over again learning swift, I would start in 2.0. You will probably, like me, have to watch and practice the videos a few times . Maybe if you've time , for some part watch some of the original swift along side the swift 2.0 as they may help understand some parts . Hope that helps
Frederico Graciano
Courses Plus Student 2,768 PointsThe question is do you really want to be a SWIFT Developer or you want to be a App Developer that can work both with SWIFT and the famous objective-c that is going to still be around for a very long time.
For me objective-c is the best to learn first because even tho SWIFT is amazing you can't rely only on that so why not start with objective-c and then go to SWIFT/SWIFT 2.
and well I would recommend you to have a look at this:
https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/ios-developers-need-to-know-objective-c/
is going to give you more reasons to learn objective-c first. So hop in and learn it with me haha. I started 2 days ago.
Well I hope I helped you a bit to decide what is the best.
oh and well after finish objective-C then I will definitely go to SWIFT but until then no no no.
Mert Kahraman
12,118 PointsHi Frederico,
Thanks for the comment. This is interesting since I've never had thought of Objective C before, mainly because I thought SWIFT is produced in order to replace it, but I'm a very beginner so I trust in your foresight. Unfortunately I cannot make a strong commitment to Objective C and SWIFT at this moment because of the tight schedule I have.
Do you think I can become a decent app developer by mainly focusing onto SWIFT?
Frederico Graciano
Courses Plus Student 2,768 PointsHi Mert,
yeah well SWIFT it's going to replace objective-c sometime but not in the near future. Sure I definitely believe you can do just fine with only SWIFT, but when you have time you should try the objective-c one. I'm learning objective-c basics just started 2 days ago and moving to objective-c intermediate course tomorrow and then after that SWIFT.
I will be happy to help you with your SWIFT including objective-c questions when I'm done with some of them.
Well good lucky in your journey. Remember you can be good in anything you just need to put energy into it!