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This week I’m talking to media pundits and developers about their thoughts on Apple’s Monday announcements from the annual World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco. Unsurprisingly, many believed the open-sourcing of Swift was one of the most significant changes.
Open source Swift will have numerous ramifications post WWDC, and it’s likely Apple will be surprised by some of the uses it will be put to. Still, in order for Swift to see greater adoption — versus Objective-C, always constrained to Apple’s tech — this was a logical decision. Developers are already getting acquianted with Swift 2, and we’ll see apps using the language in short order.
Also at the top of the list are native Watch apps. While the market is currently small, developers are banking on Apple’s track record for sales of new products as new platforms, and Apple spent a considerable amount of time talking Watch on Monday and throughout the week.
Thanks to my friends at AltConf for the use of space this week. AltConf is for developers who couldn’t attend WWDC or wanted to see some other conversations around Apple and technology in general. For a complete roundup of what Apple announced at Monday’s keynote, look at my roundup here.
