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Apple today released a Catalyst-based Swift Playgrounds app for the Mac, which was built from the existing Swift Playgrounds app for the iPad.

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Like Swift Playgrounds for ‌iPad‌, Swift Playgrounds for Mac is designed to provide exercises and challenges to help users learn the basics of coding. The app requires no coding knowledge to use and is ideal for students who are just starting out with coding.

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Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for Mac and iPad that makes it fun to learn and experiment with code. You solve interactive puzzles in the guided "Learn to Code" lessons to master the basics of coding, or experiment with a wide range of challenges that let you explore many unique coding experiences.

Swift Playgrounds requires no coding knowledge, so it's perfect for students just starting out, from twelve to one-hundred-and-twelve. The whole time you are learning Swift, a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by professionals to build many of today's most popular apps. Code you write works seamlessly as you move between Mac and iPad.

Swift Playgrounds for Mac is available from the Mac App Store as of today, and it is a free download. [Direct Link]

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Mythos99 Avatar
Mythos99
86 months ago
Sadly, only with Catalina. :/
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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swingerofbirch
86 months ago
Very cool . . . and then I looked at the screenshots. Catalyst apps still look like a mess.

Mac is *the* product to code with in the Apple platform. This should be a native app.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Appleman3546 Avatar
Appleman3546
86 months ago
I’m glad that it is available on the iPad, but this will be more useful on the computer. I am surprised it took so long to accomplish this.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
M.PaulCezanne Avatar
M.PaulCezanne
86 months ago
Long, long overdue.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Icy1007 Avatar
Icy1007
86 months ago
There is already a Swift Playgrounds app for Mac... it’s called Xcode.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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hagar
86 months ago

catalyst is native, or at least will be native. AppKit isn’t the future. Also iPad could become a very useful mobile development tool if Xcode and other development tools were allowed to thrive.
No developer is waiting to program on an iPad. You can keep saying the iPad is a pro device, but that doesn’t make it one. It’s suited for very specific niche tasks in a mobile environment or requiring touch like graphics design. But for even basic pro stuff like mail/office/project/file management it’s not suited (yet).
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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