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Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points
Posted by Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points

Excited For Swift?!

So I was only able to see a bit about the new programming language swift but I am incredibly excited for it. I started iOS Dev here and quickly switched over to the Ruby Track. With Swift, I may convert back over to mobile as it seems more Dev. friendly and easier to get started with.

What's everyones thoughts about the new language being pushed out?

@Treehouse - Are you guys going to update the site? ;)

4 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

I just started working through the iBook and the syntax is pretty simple, but it gets pretty weird sometimes when you have functions inside of functions and functions as parameters and stuff 

func hasAnyMatches(list: Int[], condition: Int -> Bool) -> Bool {
    for item in list {
        if condition(item) {
            return true
        }
    }
    return false
}

Excerpt From: Apple Inc. “The Swift Programming Language.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/jEUH0.l

the language reminds me a lot of ruby/python/javascript. its fun, but it can get confusing it seems

Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points
Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points

Thanks for linking to the iBook. I will have to go through it and see if I can make sense of it haha.

Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points
Patrick Donahue
Patrick Donahue
9,523 Points

Here is a tutorial I found for it. HERE

I think once people get familiar with it - it should be alright. I have been reading through the iBook when I can and it is a bit confusing. Just need to keep reading and coding until I get the "click" moment where it all makes sense.

Jason Massey
Jason Massey
16,635 Points
Jason Massey
Jason Massey
16,635 Points

It does seem to be more developer friendly. The syntax reminds me of a hybrid of Ruby and JS. Looking forward to seeing Treehouse's course for Swift :-)

Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points
Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points

Yea, once Treehouse comes out with a course on it, I will gladly become an iOS Dev :)