Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad that makes learning Swift interactive and fun. It requires no coding knowledge, so it’s perfect for students just starting out. Solve puzzles to master the basics using Swift — a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by the pros to build today’s most popular apps. Xcode 10 introduced support for the Dark Mode announced for macOS Mojave, the collaboration platforms Bitbucket and GitLab (in addition to already supported GitHub), training machine learning models from playgrounds, and the new features in Swift 4.2 and Metal 2.1, as well as improvements to the editor and the project build system.
Learn serious code on your iPad. In a seriously fun way.
Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad that makes learning Swift interactive and fun. It requires no coding knowledge, so it’s perfect for students just starting out. Solve puzzles to master the basics using Swift — a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by the pros to build today’s most popular apps. Then take on a series of challenges and step up to more advanced playgrounds designed by Apple and other leading developers.
Robots and drones await your commands.
Now you can make robots do incredible things with code you write yourself. Learn to program connected devices like LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 and watch them come alive right before your eyes.
Real Swift code.
Real simple. Real playful.
Learning to code with Swift Playgrounds is incredibly engaging. The app comes with a complete set of Apple-designed lessons. Play your way through the basics in “Fundamentals of Swift” using real code to guide a character through a 3D world. Then move on to more advanced concepts.
What you see is what you code: create code on the left side of your screen and instantly see the results on the right — with just a tap.
Conquer levels, puzzles and coding concepts.
Starting with the “Fundamentals of Swift” lesson, you’ll tackle goals using the same code professional developers use every day. As you move along, more advanced concepts come into play. You’ll continually build on what you’ve learnt and create even more complex code.
Fundamentals of Swift.
You’ll start out by learning the important concepts you need to understand code.
Commands
Functions
Loops
Parameters
Conditional Code
Variables
Operators
Types
Initialisation
Bug Fixing
Master the basics,
then step up to more challenges.
In addition to the built-in library of lessons, Swift Playgrounds includes a collection of extra challenges — with new ones added over time. You’re not just building fun creations, you’re building your skills too.
A big world of playgrounds from
a big community of developers.
Discover dozens of channels with fun new challenges created by leading developers and publishers. Subscribe to your favourites and you’ll receive their latest creations directly in the app. Now there are no bounds to your playgrounds.
See your code crawl, roll or fly through the sky.
Watch your code spring to life by programming real robots and drones. Third-party developers of popular robots and devices offer subscriptions filled with engaging playgrounds that let you configure and control popular educational toys like LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3. And that’s just the beginning.
Sphero playgrounds let you guide this spherical robot through tricky courses, accelerate over jumps and change colours.
Dash playgrounds challenge you to make the robot speak, sing and respond to sensor inputs to react to its environment.
MeeBot playgrounds guide you through programming Jimu Robot MeeBot’s six robotic servo motors to make him move in lifelike ways. Or even dance.
Parrot playgrounds let you take your Parrot drones and iPad out to wide open spaces and program intense aerobatic manoeuvres.
There are lots of robots and drones you can control with Swift Playgrounds.
A new way to create code.
On the best device for learning.
Swift Playgrounds takes full advantage of the power, Multi-Touch capabilities and simplicity of iPad. Just tap, drag or type text and numbers, and then interact with what you’ve created.
Edit in place.
Easily edit numbers with a keypad that pops up when you tap a number.
Snippets Library.
Quickly drag commonly used pieces of code from the Snippets Library to minimise typing.
Touch to edit.
Conveniently drag the boundaries of a statement around existing code.
QuickType and coding keyboard.
With QuickType for code, the Shortcut Bar intelligently displays commands as you go, so you can write a line of code with a tap or two. And for those moments when typing is the best option, there’s an innovative keyboard designed just for coding. Touch a key to access multiple characters, then drag to choose the one you want.
Help is just a tap away.
If you come across a command that’s hard to understand, simply touch and hold it. A menu of options will appear. Choose the most relevant one and get the answer you need.
Jump-start your creativity with templates.
Templates give you a head start on more advanced creations — providing code that helps you take advantage of iPad technologies like Multi-Touch interactions, the accelerometer and the gyroscope. Get inventive and make them your own by adding graphics, audio and more.
Explore your creations in full screen.
As you work out your code, there’s no better place to put your results to the test than the vivid Retina display of iPad. Tap and hold in the middle of the screen to toggle between showing your code or the live view area on the full iPad screen. Then use more gestures to try out other rich experiences you can create.
Swift Playgrounds
Developers are doing
great things with Swift.
Swift is a fast and efficient language that provides real-time feedback and can be seamlessly incorporated into existing Objective-C code. So developers are able to write safer, more reliable code, save time, and create even richer app experiences.
Great apps
built using Swift.
More and more developers are incorporating Swift code into their apps. And some are even building all-new apps entirely in Swift.
Better performance
equals better apps.
Swift apps more than live up to the name. For instance, a common search algorithm completes much faster using Swift.
10,000 integers found in a graph
using depth-first search algorithm*
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Educators are adding Swift
to their curriculum.
Developers aren’t the only ones who’ve experienced the potential of Swift. Universities and academic institutions around the world teach with Swift and Xcode on Mac, empowering their students with the best tools to build amazing apps. And with Apple’s free Develop in Swift curriculum, the transition from introductory coding to app development with Swift has never been easier.
Colleges and universities that are incorporating Swift into their courses
- Aberystwyth University
- Borough of Manhattan
Community College - California Polytechnic State University
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Foothill College
- Full Sail University
- Houston Community College System
- Ingésup
- Lawson State Community College
- Mesa Community College
- Northwest Kansas Technical College
- Plymouth University
- RMIT University
- Southern Methodist University
- Stanford University
- Technical University of Munich
- Tecnológico de Monterrey
- University of California, Santa Cruz
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Swift is everywhere.
And now it’s open for everyone.
Swift is free and open source, and it’s available to a wide audience of developers, educators, and students under the Apache 2.0 open source license. We’re providing binaries for macOS and Linux that can compile code for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and Linux. And to help Swift grow into an even more powerful language, we created a community where users can contribute directly to the Swift source code.
Get started with Swift.
The Definitive Book
Download The Swift Programming Language from the Apple Books Store free. Learn how Swift makes programming easier, more flexible, and more fun.
Download the free bookXcode
Xcode is the Mac app used to build every other Mac app and every iOS app, too. It has all the tools you need to create an amazing app experience. And it’s available as a free download from the Mac App Store.
Download Xcode from theMac App Store
Developer Website
Get detailed technical information and an advanced overview of Swift. Check out the developer blog and stay up to date on the latest news. And enjoy free access to great resources like guides, videos, and sample code.
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