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Why do I get the feeling that they'll only teach swift (or maybe scratch in order to lead into swift)...
by ben_jones 10y ago
Why do I get the feeling that they'll only teach swift (or maybe scratch in order to lead into swift)...
- mythz 10y agoI'd expect them to only teach Swift, they're making Swift a great beginners language and are investing heavily in Swift Playgrounds and surrounding learning content resources. Apple's other Obj-C/C/C++ languages are terrible for teaching kids how to program with.
- jernfrost 10y agoWhat is wrong with that? It is a great beginners language and why should Apple not focus on what they know best and which can benefit them in the long run. Is is wrong for a company to think about their own well being? Apple technologies are seldom taught at University. As an iOS developer that has sort of been a blessing as you get in such high demand compared to Android guys since there is so much lower supply of iOS developers. People typically have to learn it on their own while Comp Sci people out of college today seem to typically be familiar with Android. Anyway Java has been a preferred beginner language for many schools and it is a horrible beginners language, so Swift is certainly an advancement.
- IOT_Apprentice 10y agoI would hope that they would teach swift as they created it, it runs on all their hardware and it is open source so it also can run on Windows and Linux. And imagine if Google adopts Swift for android as an alternative to Java? Then you have it spanning all major platforms.