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Levi Lais
5,975 PointsShould I build my 3 portfolio projects in Objective-C or Swift?
In order to complete the Career Track, I have to create and upload 3 projects. Should I program those in Objective-C or Swift? I read somewhere that companies don't hire people who don't have very much experience in Objective-C. I finished the Objective-C track, but I'm far from fluent in it and I have no portfolio apps that are built in it. The reason that I'm torn is because I want to be able to build those 3 apps in Swift so that they're future proof. I hate the idea of building apps I'll have to just go and transfer to Swift later when I can build them right the first time. The question is - is the proof and experience in Objective-C worth having to redo the apps later in Swift?
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Kevin Mulhern
20,374 PointsHey Levi, Why don't you build one in swift and the other 2 in objective-c? You are correct about companies looking for objective-c experience. Swift is not mature enough yet for ios shops to fully switch to using it and there are many legacy apps out there coded entirely in objective-c. You could also do the 3 apps in both swift and objective-c it would look great in a portfolio and it would be great practice for you.
Levi Lais
5,975 PointsThat would definitely be a challenge to do them in both. Interesting. I think I'll do that. Thank you!