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iOS Swift 2.0 Basics An Introduction to Swift Programming What Is Swift?

Alex Olhava
Alex Olhava
251 Points
Posted by Alex Olhava
Alex Olhava
251 Points

Do I have to use the latest OS X

Do I have to use OS sierra or can I use OS El capitan.

Gillian Reynolds-Titko
Gillian Reynolds-Titko
6,021 Points
Gillian Reynolds-Titko
Gillian Reynolds-Titko
6,021 Points

Alex, you should be fine with El Capitan. The key change right now is from Swift 2 to Swift 3, so you will need to determine if you want to update your Xcode to version 8.0 (which uses Swift 3 but gives you the option to still use Swift 2.3). If you move to Swift 3.0, some of the Treehouse code might look a bit different, since it's still in Swift 2.

If you are totally new to Swift, then maybe stick with an earlier version of Xcode for now and get used to Swift 2 before going to Xcode 8 and Swift 3.

2 Answers

mazvydasb
mazvydasb
7,349 Points
mazvydasb
mazvydasb
7,349 Points

Hi Alex,

As long as Xcode doesn't complain about it, you are good to go.

Sierra will work fine.

Jackson Pickle
Jackson Pickle
303 Points
Jackson Pickle
Jackson Pickle
303 Points

If you're working in Swift 2.0, you will be A-OK in El Capitan. However, if you're wanting to start in Swift 3.0, Xcode 8 will require macOS Sierra because macOS Sierra is built on Swift 3.0 and El Capitan is built on Swift 2.0. Xcode should be backwards compatible, though.