Swift Language 
A fast overview of some features 
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Technical Features 
• Cocoa and CocoaTouch 
• Build in LLVM compiler 
• ARC (Automatic Reference Counting) memory 
management 
• Same runtime as Objective-C (Bridged) 
• No pointers 
• Static, inferred typing
Objective-c Hello World
Swift Hello World
Emoji Support
Swift Features 
• Optional types 
• Named/default parameters 
• Namespacing 
• Functions are first class citizens
Objective-c Bridging 
• NSArray == Array 
• NSDictionary == Dictionary 
• NSNumber == Int, Double, Float
Objective-c Extensions
Swift Extensions
Optionals 
• Used in situations where value is absent 
• Alternative for Objective-c nil passing 
• Works in any type 
• Can be safely unwrapped (if/else)
Lazy variables
Functions with Multiple 
Return Values
Immutability
Array Imutability 
It's a bug: 
https://devforums.apple.com/messages/971330#971330
Function currying
Protocols in Objective-c
Protocols in Swift
Auto closures
Enumerators
References 
• https://developer.apple.com/swift/ 
• http://swiftlang.eu/ 
• https://devforums.apple.com/community/tools/ 
languages/swift 
• https://speakerdeck.com/lebedev/swift 
• https://speakerdeck.com/dictav/swiftwoshao-sidake

Swift language - A fast overview of some features