This talk was originally presented at CocoaHeadsDC meetup on July 10th, 2014. It is an introduction to Apple's new programming language - Swift. Contact me on Twitter at @NatashaTheRobot

1. A Swift Introduction
Natasha Murashev
@NatashaTheRobot

3. Agenda
• Swift Basics
• Play Time
• Resources

4. Swift Basics

44. Play Time!

45. Playgrounds
• Experiment
• Learn
• Algorithm Development
• Fun

46. Resources

47. Everyone is a
beginner

48. from a presentation by @alexisgallagher

49. WWDC14 Sessions:
Swift Language
• Introduction to Swift
• Intermediate Swift
• Advanced Swift

50. WWDC14 Sessions:
Integration with Objective-C
• Integrating Swift with
Objective-C
• Swift Interoperability in Depth

51. WWDC14 Sessions:
Swift Debugging
• Introduction to LLDB and the
Swift REPL
• Advanced Swift Debugging in
LLDB

52. WWDC14 Sessions:
Playgrounds
• Swift Playgrounds

53. Swift iBooks
Unofficial PDF Versions available

54. Tutorials
• Ray Wenderlich Swift Tutorials
• Treehouse: An Absolute
Beginners Guide to Swift
• iOS Blog: Swift Tutorials
• NSScreencast Swift Videos

55. Websites
• We Heart Swift
• Code in Swift
• LearnSwift.tips
• Learn Swift
• Learn Swift Online

56. Blogs
!
• Apple’s official Swift Blog
• Mike Ash
• Evan Swick
• Teton Technical
• Learn Programming iOS

57. Accounts to Follow
• @clattner_llvm
• @WeHeartSwift2
• @SwiftDevs
• @objectivec
• @SwiftStack_
• @iOSSwift
• @swiftLDN

58. @iOSSwift

59. Swift vs Objective-C
Swift: 38 days
Objective-C (with iPhone SDK): 6+ years
Objective-C (with Mac OS X): 13+ years
Objective-C (with NextStep): 20+ years

60. You have the opportunity
to alter the future of iOS

61. Questions?
@NatashaTheRobot