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Dev tools · June 2, 2014

Swift

Apple's innovative new programming language

Swift launched on June 2, 2014 with 271 votes, #12 of 1,531 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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In plain words

Swift is Apple's programming language designed for developing applications on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. It features concise and expressive syntax with modern programming capabilities that prioritize safety and performance. The language is built to be accessible to new developers while remaining powerful for experienced programmers, with interactive code writing and comprehensive learning resources available to help developers get started quickly.

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From the sources

Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Writing Swift code is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and Swift includes modern features developers love.

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