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I echoed the "whaaaaa?" from the live feed.
Not sure what they mean by 3.9x faster. Development time? Run time?
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Not sure what they mean by 3.9x faster. Development time? Run time?
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Looked like development time was up 10x at least, based on how quickly they gave a demonstration. So the 3.9x faster must be runtime.
They mentioned an iBook covering the language available immediately. I searched but couldn't find it.
They also mentioned that it relies on the same runtime as Obj-C, but then said that we couldn't submit Swift applications until Yosemite and iOS 8 ship. So will Swift work on older OSs or is it only available for newer ones?
No. I looked too, I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't find it. I'm guessing he was mistaken when he said it's available now, probably later tonight.
Somebody tell me we're wrong, and I just can't find it.
Yeah me neither and I am getting very curious about it
Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-programming-language/id881256329?mt=11&at=10l3N7
I was just getting hang of Objective C. lol.
The SDKs will stay the same just new syntax right???
The SDKs will stay the same just new syntax right???
The book Craig was talking about
http://www.reddit.com/r/SwiftProgramming/comments/274x7c/apples_swift_programming_language_guide/
http://www.reddit.com/r/SwiftProgramming/comments/274x7c/apples_swift_programming_language_guide/
Just 860 pages...
Can I load this into one of those quick reading websites to read it faster?
Or I can just take it a page at a time for the next week...
I noticed Patterns as a feature although they didn't expand on that. I wonder if it's like Patterns in Racket.
I see let as a keyword. I'm already excited. And it's assigning 42 to something, no less.
Can I load this into one of those quick reading websites to read it faster?
Or I can just take it a page at a time for the next week...
I noticed Patterns as a feature although they didn't expand on that. I wonder if it's like Patterns in Racket.
I see let as a keyword. I'm already excited. And it's assigning 42 to something, no less.
You can still continue to learn Objective-C (just use the current or previous verisons of Xcode for testing). Swift will be upcoming in ios8, osx 10.9 I'm sure they'll support both parallel for some time.
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Well I already know big chunks of objective c
but it seems a bit of learning bad practices now: I was doing the Stanford iTunes course. But swift even doesn't use * (pointers) or @
Then again, the iTunes course tried to combine objective - c and the gui. Guess it will combine swift and the gui in the future.
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I think it will replace it entirely in the future (as I've just read in the documentation). Concepts like pointers and so on seem to have vanished.
To be honest it reminds me a bit of visual basic, with this difference visual basic is ages old...
Apple said Swift was a new programming language but is it really a new language or am I suppose to know other languages beforehand? Any recommendations on what book should I read to learn Mac programming for beginners with little programming knowledge?
I've been interested in learning to program on the Mac and not sure if Swift will make my life easier lol
I've been interested in learning to program on the Mac and not sure if Swift will make my life easier lol
Learning styles vary, and YMMV, but you might want to start by reading the iBook (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swi...t=11&at=10l3N7).
Good luck
I'm not thinking so, at least not yet. This language and the new version of Xcode looks like it was made to be easy to pick up for someone who has never programmed before, but the documentation that they released for it looks like it expects you to already be experienced in Obj-C.
So once documentation suitable for beginners is available, expect it to be quite approachable and easy to pick up. This iBook that they released... probably not.
Heck, maybe I'll strike while the iron is hot and see how quickly I can whip out an iBook on Swift suitable for beginners.
My initial impression is that Swift will be easier to learn, especially with the bundled Playground. But it will be weeks and months before full, well tested, tutorials are available. And unless a good book on learning Swift is already in development, maybe nearly a year for the first books on it.
So I might recommend beginners learn Python in the interim, as it will be easier and less confusing to switch to Swift without having to unlearn as much.
So I might recommend beginners learn Python in the interim, as it will be easier and less confusing to switch to Swift without having to unlearn as much.