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Posted by Sergio Cisneros
Sergio Cisneros
13,078 Points

Is Objective-C still Important? And thoughts on Swift so far? :)

So I had an idea that Swift was going to take over and that Objective-C would kinda fade. I've done most of the old Objective-C courses (Didn't finish them all because all of the sudden swift came out) and on the Swift ones now. However I just noticed a few new Objective-C courses being uploaded. So should I go back and keep learning Objective-C alongside Swift? I don't want to learn a language that is going to vanish soon, but maybe its here to stay.

2 Answers

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Sergio,

Objective-C as a language will stick around for years to come, it won't fade away in say the next year for instance as developers need time to make the transition which could take until the end of this year and even still it's the primary language used in nearly all the available App Store apps today which makes Swift a little brother for the moment until the adoption rate picks up.

Another problem is unlike Objective-C; Swift only works on iOS 7 and above which for a lot of developers is an issue since iOS 6 still has a lot of users and even iOS 5 is active for a small but decent amount of users, at the end of the day it will come down to careful timing between Apple and the development community to ensure that apps meet a base requirement of iOS 7 which will allow us to move forward into the future without worrying about backwards compatibility.

Sergio Cisneros
Sergio Cisneros
13,078 Points

Thanks Chris! That is all very useful information. :)

truemaulik
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truemaulik
Courses Plus Student 7,765 Points
truemaulik
truemaulik
Courses Plus Student 7,765 Points

I also have the same problem you are facing.

I have decided to go forward with Swift. Apps for Apple Watch can be programmed in Swift only. I think by the end of this year, Swift will grow to large extent.

Sergio Cisneros
Sergio Cisneros
13,078 Points

Thanks of your reply! That's a good thing to keep in mind about the apple watch. :)