Tinkering with Object…what? Swift? (/dev/world/2014)
Channel: AUC_ANZ
Date: 2015-01-24

Presenter: Matthew D’Orazio 

Every now and then it’s nice to do something different¹. For some, this means writing code. And for that special group, it sometimes means writing ‘things’, that work on ‘that Apple laptop, you know, for that guy who works out in the field’.

This talk will examine the new Swift language from the perspective of one who sparingly uses Objective-C. What does an outsider really think of the Apple eco-system? For those coming in from the ‘cold’, what are the pitfalls and gotcha’s? What amazing things are there to be discovered? And, how can we make the transition easier?

So, come join me on that old, familiar, horrifying journey—learning just enough of a new language to write something awful! But hey, at least it gets the job done!

¹Half hour later…‘WHY DID I AGREE TO DO THIS?’.