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Swift won't be hard for current iOS developers to learn. The Cocoa API's are the big learning hurdle for iOS development and they are the same with Swift. Once
by k-mcgrady 12y ago
Swift won't be hard for current iOS developers to learn. The Cocoa API's are the big learning hurdle for iOS development and they are the same with Swift. Once you under stand the basics of the language, after building a couple of projects in it you will be up to speed. I see the sentiment that learning languages isn't hard here all the time and it's mostly true. If you know the fundamentals of programming and the API's well a new language shouldn't be an issue. Anytime I think of going into web dev full time (I do some, not much) I am daunted by the fact I need to know: HTML, CSS, Javascript, a server side language e.g. Ruby, SQL etc. etc. I know bits of each and can get by but it seems like a much more daunting thing to me than learning one language and set of API's that works on a device with very little fragmentation/variation in hardware capability/screen size.
- cpr 12y agoOh, I understand it's not hard to learn enough to use it with existing Cocoa APIs--it's just that that to learn it deeply would require a major investment. I've learned dozens of languages (starting with Lisp-like systems) in my nearly 45 years in the biz, so Swift wouldn't be a big challenge. It's more a question of Why? at this point.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoAh, ok. I get how it could be annoying to develop a deep knowledge of yet another language.