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Posted by Grigory Rudko
Grigory Rudko
4,015 Points

Should I switch from the middle of "iOS Development with Swift" course to "iOS Development with Swift 2.0"?

I've been following "iOS Development with Swift" course for some time and just found out that there is another one and probably more relevant track "iOS Development with Swift 2.0". Should I switch to it?

I'm currently at "Build a playlist browser with Swift".

Thanks!

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

In my opinion, I would switch to Swift 2.

I took Swift 2 first and am now going through Swift 1 course. I'm doing this mostly to refresh a bit, but I've notice there are quite a few changes between Swift and Swift 2. I'm also going through the Swift 1 track now to see how programming languages grow and mature (as Swift itself is only a couple years old).

The main thing to consider is your version of Xcode. Swift 1.x will not compile/run on Xcode 7.x. And, Swift 2.x will not work on Xcode 6.x.

The current language is 2.x, but it really is up to you. I think both will be beneficial in the long run. I choose to do the more recent one first and then the older version to see how / what has changed.

:)

Grigory Rudko
Grigory Rudko
4,015 Points

I'll switch! Thanks Jason! The best answer is almost always the answer you want to hear :)

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Hi!

It is really up to you. If you do switch over you will probably want to figure out where best to start from so you don't have to cover all the content you have already covered again. The course you are currently doing is fine and all valid apart from some code changes that occurred between Swift 1 and Swift 2.

I guess you just need to ask yourself whether you think it will be worth it.

I hope that I managed to help you out.

-Luke