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iOS

Gleb Linnik
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Posted by Gleb Linnik
Gleb Linnik
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Swift or Objective-C

Hi, I wonder: what iOS programming language should I learn?

3 Answers

Caleb Kleveter
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Caleb Kleveter
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Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
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Swift. I learned Obj-C because Swift was not released yet; once I started on Swift I realized how painful Obj-C was ( although I didn't like it to begin with). Plus you can build Mac and iOS apps with them versus needing to learn c++ if you want to build for Mac. Or you can learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and use PhoneGap or Ionic.

Gleb Linnik
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Gleb Linnik
Gleb Linnik
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I've learn Obj-C before even released iPhone app on the AppStore.

Caleb Kleveter
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Caleb Kleveter
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Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

And since Swift is going to be (or is) open source, there is a good chance that it will be used for android and web apps in the future.

Gleb Linnik
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Gleb Linnik
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And one more question. When will Apple stop Obj-C support?

Caleb Kleveter
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Caleb Kleveter
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I don't know. I think there might be some things that Obj-C can do that Swift can't, but I'm not sure.

Thorsten Herbst
Thorsten Herbst
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Thorsten Herbst
Thorsten Herbst
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I would recommend first to learn obj-c because this is the basic language. You should have understanding about references pointers and how they interact with each other. And you´re really question is: should i learn iOS? Because swift and obj-c are the languages. But you have to get Experience in using the Framework and all the Kits. UIKit, EventKit, MapKit, AVFoundation aso... The best way to learn that is Obj-c

Then you will be ready for the coming open source swift :-)

Greets Thorsten