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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Variables and Constants Xcode

Mike Childs
Mike Childs
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Posted by Mike Childs
Mike Childs
1,557 Points

Does Xcode 5 work with Swift?

Your video shows the download for Xcode 5 from the Mac App Store but I thought Xcode 6 was required for Swift and Playgrounds.

3 Answers

Amit Bijlani
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Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Eventually Xcode 6 will be available in the Mac App store unfortunately when shooting this video it wasn't available. However, you can download it from here: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/

Jordan Pike
Jordan Pike
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Jordan Pike
Jordan Pike
5,699 Points

Ahh, this makes sense now. I guess I'll have to wait to code through the videos as I don't yet have a developer account to download the beta. I'm still excited about this course though.

Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You don't need a developer account. It's available to download for free.

Jordan Pike
Jordan Pike
5,699 Points
Jordan Pike
Jordan Pike
5,699 Points

Thank you Amit!

Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
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Gregg Mojica
Gregg Mojica
11,506 Points

No, Xcode 6 is the native environment for swift. Xcode 5 cannot compile swift code. Just download the beta from the developer site or get it on the App Store - it should be out.

Jesus Cordoba
Jesus Cordoba
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Jesus Cordoba
Jesus Cordoba
1,552 Points

Xcode 6 is required for Swift code. You can find more information here: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/ On the other hand TreeHouse has released today new Swift courses and training. Todays is iOS 8 software release and official Swift code as well.

Hope you find this useful.