WWDC: Swift Playgrounds

Intimidated by the idea of coding? Swift Playgrounds makes learning to code more approachable, writes Roman Loyola

It was a developers conference, after all, so during Apple’s WWDC 2016 keynote, Tim Cook called special attention to Swift Playgrounds, a free new app for beginners who want to create iOS apps using Swift, Apple’s programming language.

Swift Playgrounds features lessons to help beginners learn coding concepts such as creating functions, issuing commands, loops, and more. Apple will release new challenges, so coders can continue to learn new skills as they progress. Apple says that teachers can use Xcode to create their own content for Swift Playgrounds. The