1. Getting Your Feet Wet: Variables, Constants, and Loops
Swift is a new programming language created by Apple, with the intention of making development of software for Apple products significantly easier. If you have experience in C and Objective-C, you should find Swift to be a walk in the park. All the classes and types that are available to you in C and Objective-C are ported over and available in their exact incarnations in Swift.
If, however, you come from a Ruby or Python background, you will find Swift’s syntax to be right up your alley. Swift borrows and iterates on many ideas from Python and Ruby.
If you come from the JavaScript world, you will be pleased to know that Swift also doesn’t ask you to declare types, as old strict Java does. ...
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