Interest in the Objective-C language has taken a nosedive thanks to developers ramping up on Apple’s successor, the Swift language, according to this month’s Tiobe index of language popularity. Based ...

Developers started turning away from Objective-C years ago, thanks to the Swift language, Apple's replacement for Objective-C. But now that shift is finally being reflected in the Tiobe programming ...

Apple's used Objective-C as its programming language of choice for right around 20 years now, but it's brought something new to its yearly developer conference: Swift, a new tongue of its own making.

Wil Shipley, a developer whose association with Apple began with a contract for NeXT, has posted two tweets in praise of Swift shortly after Apple’s “significant update” to the programming language.

Apple announced on Monday that it has developed a successor to its venerable Objective C with a language it's calling Swift. Providing a new language with "none of the baggage of C," Swift code can ...

Predicting the future of technology is a tricky business—just ask Bill Gates—but the allure of prognostication is strong. I've been known to try my hand at it. Sometimes I get a good read on things, ...

Along with springing iOS 14 on unsuspecting developers, Apple yesterday also released version 5.3 of its Swift programming language. Swift 5.3 is available to developers from the Swift website or with ...

To navigate the world of mobile app development, one needs to make smart choices, especially when selecting the right programming language and development team. Swift has grown popular, though ...

Apple's Swift has far-reaching effects on all platforms, not just iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS. Learn why Swift matters, how to use the programming language and how it differs from Objective-C.