The Rising of Swift Over Years: Contribution to iOS App Development

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The Rising of Swift Over Years: Contribution to iOS App Development Swift was launched in September 2014 as a result of Apple’s hard work on this language in the competition of Objective C. Objective C is the basis of Swift language and has been the favorite of many developers worldwide for many years. It was just like any other programming language in the world but it’s dynamism and robustness and its ability to create the fast forward apps made it the widely used programming language ever! Apple worked on Objective C with the intention of making it more robust, safe and secure as well as to improve upon its hardware performance. So, the outcome was finally released in 2014 and there was nothing going to stop the iOS app development across the world which was born to gain due attention and recognition worldwide. What is Swift programming language from Apple by the way? It is the latest programming language which is known to develop some of the best apps which are available on the App Store. Not just App Store, but this amazing programming language is the reason behind the development of the various latest technologies like Apple Watch and Apple TV. This language has taken the app development world by storm, especially the iOS app development world. It is not something out of the world, so it is very easy to code and learn. This is the reason why most of the developers are keen on learning about this language. Not only the expert iOS developers, but also the beginner developers want to learn this language because of its demand and that it is open source also. Xcode is the latest version of Swift and the oldest versions are available on the oldest devices of Apple also. It is a thing of most versatility that Swift and Objective C can be used in combination to create the best apps ever! The great list of Evolution of Swift over years!


● Swift was born in mid-2010 and its development began exactly at this time. ● Swift was launched in the market officially in July 2010. It was a milestone in the iOS app development market. ● Developers were gifted with this robust programming language on June 2, 2014 at WWDC. However, only the pre-release version of the language was given. ● Swift 1.0 with the amazing Gold Master of Xcode 6 was released by Apple. ● Swift 1.2 was finally released with Xcode 6.3 on April 8, 2015. ● Apple announces the much-awaited Swift 3.0 roadmap on GitHub on December 3, 2015. ● Xcode 8 along with Swift 3.0 is released by Apple in September 2016. ● Apple finally released Swift 3.1 on March 27, 2017. ● At the very important WWDC 2017, Apple announced Swift 4.0 which is the latest version. Before winding up, we have some very important points to share that why Swift programming language is so popular with the world: Swift is an open-source language which is so easy to learn and it is a very fast programming language. If incorporated into Objective C, it is capable of creating marvelous apps for development.


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