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Title: Apple releases Xcode 6.3 with new iOS and OS X SDKs, Swift 1.2
Post by: HCK on April 09, 2015, 03:00:19 pm
Apple releases Xcode 6.3 with new iOS and OS X SDKs, Swift 1.2

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Apple has updated its developer suite Xcode to version 6.3, marking the update's move from beta to official public release.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/apple-releases-xcode-63-new-ios-and-os-x-sdks-swift-12' title="Apple releases Xcode 6.3 with new iOS and OS X SDKs, Swift 1.2"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/02/xcode-mac-menu-hero.jpg?itok=-GCQtnGh' />[/url]</p> <p>Xcode 6.3 includes version 1.2 of the Swift programming language, new SDKs for the recently-released OS X 10.10.3 (http://www.imore.com/apple-releases-os-x-10103-new-photos-app-and-more) and iOS 8.3 (http://www.imore.com/apple-releases-ios-83-public), along with updates to Playgrounds and the usual bug fixes. <!--break--> Here's the full breakdown of what's new in Xcode 6.3 and Swift 1.2:</p>
<p>New in Swift 1.2:</p> <ul><li>Incremental builds dramatically improve the compile time of Swift projects</li> <li>Swift compiler produces even faster executables for both debug and release builds</li> <li>Language refinements to 'let' and 'as' make Swift more consistent and clear</li> <li>Standard library adds powerful features including the 'Set' data type and 'flatMap' operation</li> <li>Code converter and Fix-its help you migrate to Swift 1.2</li> </ul><p>Additional features in Xcode 6.3:</p> <ul><li>Playgrounds are more attractive and readable with rich text formatting and results displayed in-line</li> <li>Playgrounds can embed additional code and resources to improve performance and simplify sharing</li> <li>Updated OS X SDK includes support for the new Force Touch trackpad</li> <li>Crashes organizer makes it easy to triage and fix crashes for App Store and TestFlight apps</li> <li>Apple LLVM compiler 6.1 improves diagnostic messages and adds support for C++'14</li> <li>Additional bug fixes and stability improvements</li> </ul>
<p>If you're a developer looking to snag Xcode 6.3, you can grab the hefty 2.5GB update from the Mac App Store now.</p> <ul><li>Free - <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12&amp;at=10l3Vy&amp;ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Download[/url]</li> </ul></div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/453a96c2/sc/28/mf.gif)' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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