Tag: Swift
Apple’s Containerization will matter to developers – but Podman devs complain of unfixed issues
Apple has introduced VM-based Containerization at its WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference), along with Container – an open-source CLI […]
Apple developers reject Java, claim big savings from switch to Swift
An internal Apple developer team revealed in a new case study that “Java’s memory management approach no longer […]
Swift on the server? Faster and cheaper than Python in case study, but beware slow builds
A case study from app developer Cultured Code shows a four times performance gain at one third the […]
Apple open sources Swift Build
Apple has made Swift Build open source, this being the engine used by Xcode for building Swift projects, […]
PHP 8.4 released with property accessors after a “wild ride” – plus lazy objects and new DOM namespace
PHP 8.4 was released last week, with long-awaited richer object-orientation, HTML5 DOM support and other new features. This […]
Apple releases Swift 6 with improved concurrency, testing, cross-platform support – enough to lift it out of its niche?
Apple has released version 6.0 of the Swift language – coinciding with the general availability of macOS 15 […]
After ten years of Swift, Apple promises AI-powered tooling and another push toward cross-platform
Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) is under way in Cupertino, including a focus on the Swift language – […]
Supabase moves out of beta, adds supports for Swift, plugs in Oriole storage engine
Supabase, described by its developers as an open source alternative to Google’s Firebase, has moved to general availability […]
Apple’s Objective-C ‘appears to be reaching its end of life’ – or so says JetBrains survey
JetBrains has released its annual State of Developer Ecosystem report, including the claim that Apple’s Objective-C language “appears […]
Focus on Swift at Apple developer conference with C++ interop, SwiftData object-relational mapping and more
Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) is under way, where the company has put a strong emphasis on improvements […]