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 ...

If you've ever wanted to learn to develop apps for iOS and iPadOS, there's no better time than now to start learning. Here are the best resources to help you get started. According to ZipRecruiter, ...

If you have an iPhone or iPad app idea but no idea where to begin, start with these great resources Now is a great time to start programming in the Swift programming language on iOS. But where to ...

Along with the reveal of a new 9.7-inch iPad and new red iPhone, Apple also announced today that its learn-to-code app Swift Playgrounds is now available in five new languages. The additional ...

Apple ended the 2016 WWDC with an inspiring boost directed toward those looking to becoming coders by introducing Swift Playgrounds, a free tool designed to make it easier for people to learn code ...

So your boss wants you to learn iOS app development. Or maybe you have an app side project that you want to work on. Where do you start? Learning a new platform and programming language can be ...

For all Apple’s obsessive secrecy, even its senior managers acknowledge with an on-stage wink that much of what they announce these days has already been predicted. In the run-up to WWDC, I saw ...

Right at the end of the WWDC 2016 keynote, Apple announced Swift Playgrounds. This is a new app from Apple that is designed to allow children to learn to program on an iPad. This is a first from Apple ...

With the need for experts in tech-focused fields on the rise, it’s important that those in the workforce and in school place more emphasis on technical skills to meet the demand for these skills. But ...

Swift Playgrounds is a wonderful introduction to programming. It introduces imperative logic, functions, methods, loops, and many of the marvelous APIs that are available to iOS developers. But it’s ...

Update: As expected, Apple announced Swift 2 today, and it has announced that it will make the language open-source. Read more about Swift 2 on Apple's developer site. Original story: Apple first ...