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

Posted by Alaa Alkhater
Alaa Alkhater
172 Points

How to code Swift on Windows 10?

I am just starting to learn Swift and planning on making an app for iOS. As I learned from the Video, I can't code Swift on Windows. Is there a way around it or anything to help?

1 Answer

Thomas Dobson
Thomas Dobson
7,511 Points
Thomas Dobson
Thomas Dobson
7,511 Points

Swift is open source, and as such there are some ported compilers out there for windows. There is some unofficial Visual Studio support out there too, but nothing worth mentioning IMHO.

While you can learn the fundamentals of swift on windows with various compilers or use perhaps an online compiler such as IMB, if you truly want to develop for iOS, MacOS, tvOS, and the like... you are going to want to buy a mac.