Show HN: Swifty – Learn to code in Swift

[avyfain]

Sad to see ++ and -- among the first things you learn. Aren't they [slated](1) to be taken out of the language?

1: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposa...

[antidamage]

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT

[robotmlg]

Gotta get shwifty!

[melling]

I started a Swift Cookbook a couple months ago. I've got a section on Strings and Arrays.

http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift_cookbook.html?topic=arra...

http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift_cookbook.html?topic=stri...

I could throw up Dates and Dictionaries over the weekend. There's a Playground switch so you can copy-paste the text as a working Playground:

http://www.h4labs.com/dev/ios/swift_cookbook.html?format=pla...

[gravitronic]

This is awesome! More engaging than reading, but not full typing code on your phone.

[magicbuzz]

This is very cool indeed. I have spent a few minutes getting into it on an iPad and it looks like a great learning resource.

I'm very pleased that these resources are coming into being for people wanting to get started in programming and for Swift specifically. The Stanford course is great but too high-level for a lot of people. I have put up projects myself with pre-built modules to hopefully make it easier for people to get started - https://github.com/timburgess/ScienceKit

[pgroth]

I've been enjoying this as just a fun thing to do sitting on the couch in the evening. Sit back and learn a bit of swift. Mainly just getting info on syntax. It's surprisingly relaxing.

[dcip6s]

Looks great, but on the wrong platform. Is there a Mac version in the works?

[sanjeetsuhag]

Why would there be a Mac version ? Xcode Playgrounds do that job for you.

[thawkins]

And an android version, now swift gas gone open source the shackles are off.

[Cyberdog]

1. Why the hell is this an iOS app?

2. How the hell is this an iOS app?

[joslin01]

Not a crazy question, but I'm guessing it's so users can feel comfortable learning Swift wherever they are. Yes, it's true that you should be on Xcode for serious development but I'm guessing this is aimed at the user who has never coded in Swift before.

[Terribledactyl]

1) It's kind fun, like an interactive text book.

2) Not actually running any (of your) code, or coding really. Tap this to fill in a string, or to select an operator from a few approved.

[cballard]

Why is this downvoted so heavily? Seriously, how is this implemented? I don't think Emscripten works with Swift yet, and even if it did, there hasn't been enough time since the open source release to implement an entire app.

[Angostura]

Umm, I used it while sitting in my daughters' swimming gala for several hours. It was splendid. At one point in the tutorial they suggest that you might want to open Xcode alongside, but tutorials on the Tube etc. are great.

[jamisteven]

Because swift is for apple...?

[Exuma]

Get shwiftyyyy

[eecks]

Android version?