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24 alternatives to Teaching App Development with Swift

A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Teaching App Development with Swift launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Swift Devs▲101

   A community for developers and students of Swift

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Swift Playgrounds▲378

   Learn serious code on your iPad in a seriously fun way

   2016 · developer.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Teaching App Development with Swift▲2

   Swift Education by Apple

   2015 · swifteducation.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Developing with Swift▲310

   Learn how to make iOS 8 apps in Swift, tutorials by Stanford

   2015 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Swift Guides▲82

   The Best Way to Learn Swift Development

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Skillshare for iOS▲146

   Learn just about anything.

   2014 · skillshare.com · its alternatives →

7. 7LS
   Learn Swift▲238

   2015 · books.aidanf.net · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Swiftbites▲220

   Learn how to code in swift with interactive mini lessons

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Complete iOS 8 Course▲318

   Learn by Building 14 Different Apps in Swift

   2014 · bitfountain.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Swifty▲411

    Learn to code in Swift on iPhone & iPad

    2015 · hellocode.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Swift AI▲243

    A.I. and machine learning library written in Swift

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Swift Summary Book▲157

    Summary of Apple's Swift language written on Playgrounds

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Functional Programming in Swift▲147

    Learn core concepts of functional programming with Swift

    2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Render▲169

    React-inspired Swift library for writing UIKit UIs

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Advanced Swift▲97

    From low-level programming to high-level abstractions

    2015 · objc.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    LearnSwift.tips▲138

    Swift Tutorials, Code Samples, References and more!

    2014 · learnprogramming.tips · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hacking with Swift▲73

    Learn to make iPhone and iPad apps the smart way.

    2016 · hackingwithswift.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Design+Code iOS▲403

    Swift 4 designers. Learn to make an iOS app, from the app

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hopscotch▲94

    Coding for kids: an iPad programming language

    2014 · gethopscotch.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Learn Swift▲158

    Screencasts & code examples to learn Apple’s new Swift

    2014 · learnswift.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    100 Days of Swift▲234

    Learn Swift by building cool projects

    2016 · samvlu.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Design with Swift▲79

    Learn how to build UI and animations with Swift

    2014 · designcode.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Swift Programming from Scratch▲8

    Want to learn how to code? We made an app for that!

    2015 · weheartswift.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Swift▲12

    An Open-Source Programming Language

    2015 · swift.org · its alternatives →

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