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Tee Butts
31 PointsDo I have to download swift on my computer?
Do I have to download swift on my computer and is the program costly?
1 Answer
Steve Hunter
57,696 PointsHi there,
Swift is free and can be accessed online on sites such as this or this. There is a distinction to be made between Swift itself and the iOS libraries, I think. i don't know if you can easily access the iOS libraries on an emulator or if this requires Xcode, which will only install on an Apple machine like a Mac or MacBook. It may be possible to emulate the OSX environment on a non-Apple machine.
Steve.
Steve Hunter
57,696 PointsSteve Hunter
57,696 PointsFor the courses on Treehouse, however, I think you can use Workspaces throughout so there's no need to have Swift installed on your machine.