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

Jose Villegas
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Jose Villegas
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 8,278 Points
Posted by Jose Villegas
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Jose Villegas
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 8,278 Points

do I need mac laptop?

do I need a Mac laptop for programming ios or I can use my windows laptop?

walter fernandez
walter fernandez
4,992 Points
walter fernandez
walter fernandez
4,992 Points

no, If you use swift 3, you can use iMac or linux.

walter fernandez
walter fernandez
4,992 Points
walter fernandez
walter fernandez
4,992 Points

with switch you can use your windows or linux too.

6 Answers

Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos
34,969 Points
Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos
34,969 Points

Jose Villegas,

For serious iOS development, yes you do. There are some way around it with Virtual Box. Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nod7cpxzxLc.

-Dan

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

You will need a Mac Laptop or desktop for IOS

Martel Storm
Martel Storm
4,157 Points
Martel Storm
Martel Storm
4,157 Points

Dang Jeff is up to 4,581 points now! Good for you bud. How many apps do you have made at this point?

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Martel Storm - Thank! HA No projects yet just been going through the lessons and working answering community questions

Martel Storm
Martel Storm
4,157 Points
Martel Storm
Martel Storm
4,157 Points

At 4000+ points doesn't that put you close to the weather app project?

Jake Webb
Jake Webb
13,028 Points
Jake Webb
Jake Webb
13,028 Points

You can also practice Swift from the web browser using the IBM Swift Sandbox: https://swift.sandbox.bluemix.net/#/repl

Martel Storm
Martel Storm
4,157 Points
Martel Storm
Martel Storm
4,157 Points

I had a similar question few days ago and I got several great answers! My personal solution was to install mac os onto a PC.

Here is a link to the thread - https://teamtreehouse.com/community/dont-have-a-mac-anymore-whats-the-best-languagenext-step-to-learn-on-a-pc-i-was-learning-swift3-ios-development

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Im done with the weather app project, I believe I have table view left