[swift-users] Swift for students

joe joe at polka.cat
Mon Dec 7 19:16:36 CST 2015


If the students have Macs, then the Swift Guided Tour Playground is really nice. I imagine the instant feedback of the playground would be great for teaching.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/GuidedTour.playground.zip

> On Dec 7, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Mosab Elagha via swift-users <swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm looking for some showcases that can help younger people (14 or so) get interested in Swift. I figured the App Store would probably be the best place to find things this but wanted to know if anyone had any other idea that could get someone interested in the *language*. 
> 
> For the sake of simplicity, let's say the person has knowledge of Python and is comfortable with it.
> 
> Some context - I am talking to a teacher here at the University of Illinois about using Swift in some classes and she wanted to know if there was something could convince her, and possible students, that Swift is a great language to learn.
> 
> Thanks
> -Mosab Elagha
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