t.nook
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Q: What can I do with Swift (3) that is not IOS development?

I am planning on learning Swift 3 no matter what the answer is after I finish my Python courses, I want to know what I am getting out of a programming language though so... what else can you even do with it?

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Posted on Sep 17, 2016 6:40 PM

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Q: What can I do with Swift (3) that is not IOS development?

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  • by etresoft,

    etresoft etresoft Sep 17, 2016 7:05 PM in response to t.nook
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    Sep 17, 2016 7:05 PM in response to t.nook

    Hello t.nook,

    iOS development is a pretty wide and marketable field. What else are you looking for?

     

    Swift is a much more platform-centric language than Python. You have access to native interfaces to build a real user interface. Python is just a scripting language. Its only real significant claim to fame is how hip it is right now. It is like a slower Perl, with syntactic strict indentation, but no type decorators. I'm not necessarily a big fan of Swift, but I definitely think it is a good idea to take a break from Python. The biggest issue with Python is that you could get stuck in it like people used to get stuck in the Microsoft-specific languages and APIs.