However, by the end of 2014 over 2400 projects at GitHub, one of the most popular IT projects platforms, switched to Swift.
Take a look at the graph provided by PYPL and created by analyzing how often iOS programming language tutorials are searched on Google.
Nowadays, hundreds of thousands of developers create applications for iPhone and iPad using Objective-C. And, due to the immense popularity of the platform, they will certainly continue to develop them in the future.
A Swift vs. Objective-C side-by-side comparison
What should developers take away
Let’s consider a bit more closely some Swift functions that make app development more interactive and approachable.