Apple Announces Next Swift Student Challenge Ahead of WWDC 2026

Apple today announced it will accept submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge from Friday, February 6 through ...
Mashable

I'm learning code with Apple Swift Playgrounds

A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. I’ve been in the tech publishing industry for 25 years, but that no more makes me a programmer ...
AppleInsider

Sphero rolls out BB-9E, R2-D2 droid toys controllable by Apple's Swift Playgrounds

Two additional playgrounds have been made to Apple's Swift Playgrounds app, which teaches users how to code in Swift using games and activities. The R2-D2 by Sphero playground tasks users with helping ...
VentureBeat

Apple’s app for learning to code, Swift Playgrounds, expands beyond English and into 5 new languages

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about ...
Cult of Mac

Swift Playgrounds

From left, Marina Lee, Taiki Hamamoto, Luciana Ortiz Nolasco and Nahom Worku are four of this year’s Swift Student Challenge winners. Photo: Apple Apple’s annual Swift Student Challenge coding ...
AppleInsider

Swift Playgrounds update adds App Store Connect integration for macOS users

Apple has updated Swift Playgrounds to version 4.1, with the latest release enabling users to build Mac apps using SwiftUI, as well as new content for both macOS and iPadOS versions. Both variants of ...
TechCrunch

Apple brings dancing robots and backflipping drones into Swift Playgrounds

Code rules everything around me. And you. Really: be it the stoplight you stared at this morning, or the train you rode in on, or the lil’ robot vacuum keeping your floor ever-so-slightly cleaner ...
Forbes

Apple Launches Swift Playgrounds For Mac: Creating Your iPhone App Just Got Easier

Apple’s celebrated free coding app, Swift Playgrounds, has just become more accessible with the release in the last few days of Swift Playgrounds for Mac. It’s a way of learning a coding language, to ...
MacRumors

Apple Invites Some Developers to Try Swift Playgrounds 4 Ahead of Launch

Apple is working on an updated version of its Swift Playgrounds app, which is an educational tool designed to teach children and adults alike how to use the Swift programming language that first ...
CNET

Apple's guiding voice(over) helps the blind create software

Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, overseeing a team covering tech policy, EU tech, mobile and the digital divide. She previously covered mobile as a senior reporter at CNET and also ...
9to5Mac

Here’s a first look at the new Swift Playgrounds 4 ahead of official release

Apple announced at WWDC 2021 in June a new version of its Swift Playgrounds development app with major improvements. Although the company never said when it would become available, Apple is now ...