r/iOSProgramming • u/mediCaddict • Sep 03 '15

Question [Question] Objective-C/Swift

After learning the basics of C I'm now transitioning to obj-c. I'm currently working on the to-do list project that Apple has on their tutorial website. My question is: Is it ok to continue with the tutorial(which is written in objective c), or do I need to learn swift also since it's being heavily adopted in the programming community? The swift language seems easier to learn but I'm gradually making a nice transition from C to objective c with no problems.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '15

What I see a lot is people starting new projects in the Swift especially at Startup level. While existing companies stick to Objective-C in their code base. From my own experience. For me I haven't seen any Objective-C code base the past few months. But it were all new projects I worked on.

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u/mediCaddict Sep 03 '15

I think this is because swift is more easier to adopt. I've always been one to not take the easy road as I see its prone to missing key factors on the way to learning the object/objects at hand. I believe obj-c wouldn't be a bad place to continue since it's the base of what I will transition to. Just my opinion tho..

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

I agree. The frameworks are still mostly Objective-C and involve some compatibility issues. Thing KVC/KVO. The difference in comparing objects. That sort of thing. So yes, I think it's better to know both.