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Swift is a programming language developed by Apple and aimed at iOS, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. It was created in 2014 with the goal of being intuitive and high-performance. Swift is an open-source language that enables anyone—educators, students, and developers—to bring ideas to life.

The language has an active community where users can contribute daily to the open-source platform with more modern resources—an advantage for developers and for speed. Users who run apps built with Swift have applications that download quickly due to the smaller app size.

As a modern platform, Swift is the result of Apple’s studies and research, based on decades of generations and experience. In addition to its benefits, the language is accessible and easy to maintain. For example, semicolons are not required, which keeps the environment clean and helps avoid errors.

Designed for security, any unsafe code identified is quickly eliminated from the platform. In studies by Apple, Swift was evaluated among the fastest in terms of execution speed, ahead of Python and Objective-C.

Objective-C, a predecessor language to Swift, emerged in the 1980s. With so many advances, developers identified the need for a more modern platform aligned with market needs. To meet those needs, Swift inherits characteristics from Objective-C, reducing the developer’s adaptation time.

With Swift, developers gain a major opportunity for learning, with the possibility of entering this universe and starting different projects on Apple’s platform.

Apple believes that the flexibility of its platform encourages developers to adopt new practices—an action of value for the company.

Swift supports users not only by adding patterns and standards, but also by making work easier for the developer community—opening new possibilities with a unique dose of creativity. For your company, multi-platform development is very important. Get in touch—X-Apps can make your work processes even more efficient.