Programming Fundamentals/Introduction Examples Swift

Overview Swift is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple Inc. for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and Linux. Apple intended Swift to support many core concepts associated with Objective-C, but in a “safer” way, making it easier to catch software bugs. Swift was introduced in 2014.Wikipedia: Swift (programming language) Swift is a popular programming language for the Apple platforms it supports, but it lacks support for Microsoft Windows environments.TIOBE: Index. Example Hello World // This program displays "Hello world!" // // References: // https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/GuidedTour.html print("Hello world!") Output Hello world! Discussion Each code element represents:Programming Fundamentals/Hello World // begins a comment print() calls the print function "Hello world!" is the literal string to be displayed Swift IDEs There are several free cloud-based and local IDEs available to begin coding in Swift. Check with your instructor or do your own research for recommendations. Cloud-Based IDEs GDB Online IBM Swift Sandbox Ideone iSwift paiza.IO repl.it Local IDEs Wikipedia: AppCode Wikipedia: Atom (text editor) Wikipedia: Xcode References Wikiversity: Computer Programming