Swift for the rest of us.

[lowercaseperson]

Hey all,

I keep up with technology and am considered an "IT guy" by most of my friends because I have a NAS, can set up wifi, sync computers/phones with Dropbox, and make iMessage and hand off work. No, all my friends are not in their 70's.

That being said I'm not a programmer, and never will be. I am really curious what the end user outcome of Swift is/will be in the future? Realistically, will I as a consumer see any benefit in the next 6 mo. - 2 years from Swift. Or is it simply going to make things easier/faster for all those programmers out there?

Thanks,

Nolan

P.S. I apologize if this is being addressed on another forum I just couldn't find it.

 

[gordon1234]

Probably not. The long term result should be faster, better apps, and hopefully more iOS developers who might previously been put off by objective-C (especially people not used to Mac development.) it would be hard to attribute any particular improvement to the language alone though.

 

[MEJHarrison]

I suspect that unless it's pointed out, you wouldn't even know the difference. It doesn't add new capabilities to the phone. It's just a different method to create apps.

Only programmers will care.