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Posted by Andrew Chung
Andrew Chung
5,203 Points

Does Swift start to make more sense when you start using it?

I'm using the Swift track right now to learn it but it doesn't make any sense to me. I have a general idea of the concepts like optionals, enums, constants and so on. But I'm watching the video on initializers and I just realized that I don't have a strong grasp of any of the concepts. So my question is, does Swift start to make more sense in the later videos when you're actually working on projects? If not I think Swift just isn't for me.

2 Answers

Stepan Ulyanin
Stepan Ulyanin
11,318 Points
Stepan Ulyanin
Stepan Ulyanin
11,318 Points

Hi, in fact, Swift is a marvelous language, very comprehensive and clean, nice and automated. What you are talking about is the general concepts of programming, initializers are present in Objective-C and other languages. Sometimes it takes some time to get used to programming concepts, some people go to college for computer science and believe me, then any language will make WAY more sense. Experience and practice will bring you to understanding, so you might want to check out some basic programming classes on treehouse if some concepts don't make sense, good luck it is a wonderful journey!

Andrew Chung
Andrew Chung
5,203 Points

Thanks for the motivation. It's a difficult journey but I'm gonna try to slow down and enjoy it.

Greg Kitchin
Greg Kitchin
31,522 Points
Greg Kitchin
Greg Kitchin
31,522 Points

I've done a little of the Swift course, and it seems a very easy, clean language to pick up and learn (my only real programming experience being with Java and Amstrad BASIC, that's saying something). Practice writing your own code is a great way to learn a language. Pick a basic problem (for example, adding the numbers 1 through 10 together, that's what I did), and solve it. You'll learn far more of a language if you've got a practical use for it.

Andrew Chung
Andrew Chung
5,203 Points

Good idea. I should be making more of my own code instead of just following the examples in the videos.