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Apple has begun sending out notifications to WWDC 2023 Swift Student Challenge winners

With just under a month before WWDC 2023, Apple has begun notifying winners of this year’s Swift Student Challenge, with applicants able to check their status on Apple’s website. The winners receive exclusive WWDC 2023 outerwear, AirPods Pro, a customized pin set, and one year of membership in the Apple Developer Program. The WWDC 2023 […]

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Apple announces free Hour of Code sessions at Apple Store locations between December 1st and December 14th

If you have a coder in your family, they’re going to like this. Apple on Monday announced that its annual Hour of Code event is set to take place from December 1 to December 14 at all of its retail locations around the world. Per the event, Apple customers can register for free Hour of […]

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Apple releases details about Swift Playgrounds 1.5, points to hardware that will be controllable via the update

This could lead to something pretty neat. Apple released an update on Thursday in which it provided a detailed update as to Swift Playgrounds 1.5 will let students control robots, drone, and musical instruments. The announcement reads as follows: Apple® today announced that Swift Playgrounds™, its educational coding app for iPad®, will offer an exciting […]

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Apple to launch “Today at Apple” workshops beginning in May

Apple is looking to make its retail locations the places to be for educational events. The company has announced that it plans to launch a new series of education sessions at its stores dubbed “Today at Apple,” retail head Angela Ahrendts revealed on Tuesday. The program will roll out across all of Apple’s retail locations […]

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WWDC: Apple highlights Swift Playground, shows teaching possibilities of program

Ok, this could prove extremely neat. Among yesterday’s announcements, Apple CEO Tim Cook highlighted Swift Playgrounds, a free new app for beginners who want to create iOS apps using Swift, Apple’s programming language. Swift Playgrounds features lessons to help beginners learn coding concepts such as creating functions, issuing commands, loops, and more. Apple will release […]