Apple is teaming up with Simplon, a French digital vocational school, to teach Swift coding to students. It’s part of the tech giant’s “Everyone Can Code” initiative.
Everyone Can Code is a program designed by Apple to help everyone learn how to code using a Swift curriculum. The program includes a range of free resources, from helping students explore basic coding concepts to building fully functional apps.
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With teacher guides and lessons, students learn the basics on an iPad with Swift Playgrounds. Playgrounds is a free app that lets users use real code to solve puzzles and control characters with just a tap, to App Development with Swift to help aspiring app developers build their first iOS apps.
“Proud to announce our new training program in partnership with France’s [Simplon], teaching the basics of coding with Swift,” Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted. “Learning to code unlocks a world of creativity and potential.”
The program will be offered initially in a month-long program in Paris and Lyon, then expand to other cities in France. Apple will provide teachers with training, funding, and access to the Apple devices required by students.