What is swift?
Asked on 06/15/2025
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Swift is a modern programming language developed by Apple, designed to be fast, safe, and expressive. It is widely used for app development on Apple's platforms, but it also serves as a cross-platform systems language. Swift is known for its performance, safety features, and ease of use, making it suitable for both beginners and experts. It supports C and C++ interoperability, allowing for seamless integration with existing codebases. Swift is used across Apple's software stack, from apps and system services to frameworks and firmware, and is also employed in server applications and cloud services. The language continues to evolve, with ongoing efforts to expand its platform support and enhance its features. Swift's design principles focus on safety, speed, and approachability, making it a compelling choice for a wide range of applications.
For more details, you can explore the session A Swift Tour: Explore Swift’s features and design (00:00:00) which provides an overview of Swift's features and design principles.
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A Swift Tour: Explore Swift’s features and design
Learn the essential features and design philosophy of the Swift programming language. We’ll explore how to model data, handle errors, use protocols, write concurrent code, and more while building up a Swift package that has a library, an HTTP server, and a command line client. Whether you’re just beginning your Swift journey or have been with us from the start, this talk will help you get the most out of the language.
Explore the Swift on Server ecosystem
Swift is a great language for writing your server applications, and powers critical services across Apple’s cloud products. We’ll explore tooling, delve into the Swift server package ecosystem, and demonstrate how to interact with databases and add observability to applications.