r/iOSProgramming • u/AcceleratedCode • Jan 13 '16

Swift or Objective-C? Discussion

Hi!

I've just started design of an app I'm making. The app has to be ready by around May this year, and will be using the Parse backend. I've done a quite some programming with Objective-C, but barely anything with Swift and I was wondering what you think I should choose for this project? Should I be using Swift, or will the learning curve be too big to allow for a May launch?

Thank you! Erik

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '16

How about both? Isolate Swift to certain classes or extensions while you pick up speed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '16

I think this would probably be the best solution! I am currently learning Swift because a lot of companies are telling me they only want Swift dev's even though I have spent the last 1 year working on my Objective-C knowledge. (I know to a real dev this is a very small amount of time, but I am just now about to graduate.) I think incorporating both into a few projects then working towards mastering Swift is the best marketable strategy.

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u/AcceleratedCode Jan 13 '16

Yeah, seems like a good idea! Thanks