Develop in Swift is a comprehensive coding offering from Apple for students aged 14 and up. The curriculum prepares students for higher education or a career in app development using the Swift programming language. It’s complemented with free online professional learning for educators, and is designed for Mac which supports all major programming languages, making it the ideal device for teaching and learning code.
Develop in Swift Tutorials offer students a great first step towards a career in app development using Swift, SwiftUI and Xcode — Apple’s integrated development environment. No prior coding experience is required to learn how to develop apps for all Apple platforms. Help students create their first visionOS app using SwiftUI to build an entirely new universe of apps and games for spatial computing.
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The Develop in Swift curriculum is intended for secondary school and higher education students to explore designing and building a fully functioning app of their own. As they develop new skills, students will master key coding concepts and can even earn AP credit or an industry‑recognised certification for knowledge of Swift and Xcode.
Supporting educator guides provide tools to deepen engagement with aspiring app developers, whether you have experience teaching with Swift or other programming languages.
Explore this sample lesson from Develop in Swift Explorations, designed to help learners build their first apps using Xcode on Mac.
Discover unit learning objectives and learn about the four key sections: Get Started, Play, Build and Design.
The curriculum units focus on building programming skills and understanding of key concepts. Between units, students will explore a story about a group of students in a TV club.
Guided App Projects help students build an app in Xcode with step-by-step instructions, and include supporting images and videos challenging them to apply their knowledge.
Starter project files are available to help students focus on a few key Swift concepts to accelerate their coding skills.
Students will explore the impact of computing innovations and experience the App Design Process.
Students will consider choices that app designers and developers make, knowing that their app could impact thousands — even millions — of people.
Students learn key programming concepts as they write Swift code in Xcode playgrounds.
Xcode Playgrounds provides an interactive coding environment that lets them experiment with code and see the results immediately.
Swift is Apple’s programming language used to create many of the apps you use right now on your Mac, iPad, iPhone, Watch, Apple TV or Apple Vision Pro.
Swift can open doors to the world of coding. In fact, it was designed to be anyone’s first programming language, whether students are in school or exploring a career path.
Help students earn recognition for their knowledge of app development and Swift and SwiftUI.
App Development with Swift certifications are available through Certiport.
Learn moreApple Professional Learning offers a free online professional learning course for Develop in Swift Explorations and Develop in Swift AP® CS Principles through Canvas by Instructure. Participants will learn the foundational knowledge needed to teach Swift and Xcode directly from Apple, making this an ideal introductory course for teaching Develop in Swift in any educational environment.Learn more at apple.co/developinswiftpl
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