After completing this book, you will have the skills and clear understanding to write well-designed Swift code for your iOS apps. This book has been updated to Swift 4 and therefore requires the use of Xcode 8 or newer. This means you get the most up-to-date information available on Swift. This book assumes no previous programming experience. Fortunately, Apple has a language for writing apps for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and you can have fun learning it, as well. It’s called Swift. Released in 2014, Swift’s popularity amongst. Swift Playgrounds is the latest of several of Apple's own apps to get the treatment. The Mac App will work in the same way as the iPad app, using the trackpad to navigate rather than a touchscreen. Mar 27, 2018 Let's start with Swift — tell me more, will you? Swift is a programming language created by Apple. Millions of developers use Swift to build apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. In fact, Swift Playgrounds (the app that teaches people how to code using Swift) is completely coded using Swift! Apple built Swift to be easy to. This 3- day, hands-on course teaches you the common tools, interface elements, and design patterns you need to build apps for iPhone and iPad. It includes detailed explanations of iOS technologies, hands-on use of Apple’s development tools, and coding exercises in Swift that use common iOS frameworks.
Ever dreamed of being able to create your own iPad, iPhone or Mac app or game? Apple has made it even easier to get into programming with the release of Swift Playgrounds on macOS.
Until now, Swift Playgrounds was an iPad only app that was launched in 2016 to help teach kids and beginners learn Apple’s Swift programming language to build apps and games.
Children in particular love Swift Playgrounds because it plays like a video game but at the same time, teaches them how to program.
Swift Playgrounds works by challenging you to solve interactive puzzles in guided “Learn to Code” lessons to master the basics of coding.
It requires no coding knowledge and Apple claims it’s suitable for ages “twelve to one-hundred-and-twelve”.
Swift Mac App
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Any code you write in Swift Playgrounds works seamlessly as you move between Mac and iPad.
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With Swift, you can even program connected devices like the Sphero SPRK+, LEGO® MINDSTORMS EV3 and drones by Parrot.
The release of Swift Playgrounds on Mac is part of Apple’s Catalyst app initiative that aims to bring macOS and iOS ever closer.
It follows Apple’s recent decision to unite purchasing on macOS and iOS so that if developers enable it, only one purchase is necessary on either macOS or iOS for the same app.
The release of the Mac version is good news for anyone that has an interest in starting to learn programming for macOS and iOS.
You can download the Swift Playgrounds Mac version here and the iPad version here.
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Apple's Swift Playgrounds, an app that teaches you how to code via small game like experiences, has launched on the Mac App Store for the first time.
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Originally introduced on iPad as a separate app experience in September 2016, the app now moves to the Mac using Apple's own development tool called Mac Catalyst. This tool, which launched with macOS Catalina, is used to port existing iPad apps to Mac with little extra effort on the developers part. Swift Playgrounds is the latest of several of Apple's own apps to get the treatment.
Swift Mac App Development
The Mac App will work in the same way as the iPad app, using the trackpad to navigate rather than a touchscreen. Training modules made by Apple are added and updated over time to ensure that users can learn all the newest systems. Third party hardware developers create new devices and toys to program inside of Swift Playgrounds.
Developers can also allow users to download and subscribe to their own Playground Modules within the app. This means that users won't run out of things to do with the app. The same subscription options are available in the new Mac app.
Due to Mac Catalyst, the experience will be the same on Mac or iPad
Visit your local Apple Store and attend an 'Everyone Can Code' session to learn more about Swift and coding with Swift Playgrounds. And thanks to the new Catalyst App, you'll be able to attend with your favorite MacBook.
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