Chapter 1. Introducing Swift in depth
In this chapter
- A brief overview of Swift’s popularity and supported platforms
- The benefits of Swift
- A closer look at Swift’s subtle downsides
- What we will learn in this book
It is no secret that Swift is supported on many platforms, such as Apple’s iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Swift is open source and also runs on Linux, and it’s gaining popularity on the server side with web frameworks such as Vapor, Perfect, Zewo, and IBM’s Kitura.
On top of that, Swift is slowly not only encompassing application programming (software for users) but also starting to enter systems programming (software for systems), such as SwiftNIO or command-line tools. Swift is maturing into a multi-platform language. By learning ...
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