Swift是蘋果於WWDC 2014發布的編程語言，這裏引用The Swift Programming Language的原話：
Swift is a new programming language for iOS and OS X apps that builds on the best of C and Objective-C, without the constraints of C compatibility. Swift adopts safe programming patterns and adds modern features to make programming easier, more flexible and more fun. Swift’s clean slate, backed by the mature and much-loved Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks, is an opportunity to imagine how software development works. Swift is the first industrial-quality systems programming language that is as expressive and enjoyable as a scripting language.
簡單的說：
Swift用來寫iOS和OS X程序。（估計也不會支持其它屌絲系統）
Swift吸取了C和Objective-C的優點，且更加強大易用。
Swift可以使用現有的Cocoa和Cocoa Touch框架。
Swift兼具編譯語言的高性能（Performance）和腳本語言的交互性（Interactive）。
Swift語言概覽
基本概念
註：這壹節的代碼源自The Swift Programming Language中的A Swift Tour。
Hello, world
類似於腳本語言，下面的代碼即是壹個完整的Swift程序。
println("Hello, world")
變量與常量
Swift使用var聲明變量，let聲明常量
var myVariable = 42 myVariable = 50 let myConstant = 42
類型推導
Swift支持類型推導（Type Inference），所以上面的代碼不需指定類型，如果需要指定類型：
let explicitDouble : Double = 70
Swift不支持隱式類型轉換（Implicitly casting），所以下面的代碼需要顯式類型轉換（Explicitly casting）：
let label = "The width is " let width = 94 let width = label + String(width)
字符串格式化
Swift使用\(item)的形式進行字符串格式化：
let apples = 3 let oranges = 5 let appleSummary = "I have \(apples) apples." let appleSummary = "I have \(apples + oranges) pieces of fruit."
數組和字典
Swift使用[]操作符聲明數組（array）和字典（dictionary）：
var shoppingList = ["catfish", "water", "tulips", "blue paint"] shoppingList[1] = "bottle of water" var occupations = [ "Malcolm": "Captain", "Kaylee": "Mechanic", ] occupations["Jayne"] = "Public Relations"
壹般使用初始化器（initializer）語法創建空數組和空字典：
let emptyArray = String[]() let emptyDictionary = Dictionary<String, Float>()
如果類型信息已知，則可以使用[]聲明空數組，使用[:]聲明空字典。
控制流
概覽
Swift的條件語句包含if和switch，循環語句包含for-in、for、while和do-while，循環/判斷條件不需要括號，但循環/判斷體（body）必需括號：
let individualScores = [75, 43, 103, 87, 12] var teamScore = 0 for score in individualScores { if score > 50 { teamScore += 3 } else { teamScore += 1 } }
可空類型
結合if和let，可以方便的處理可空變量（nullable variable）。對於空值，需要在類型聲明後添加?顯式標明該類型可空。
var optionalString: String? = "Hello" optionalString == nil var optionalName: String? = "John Appleseed" var gretting = "Hello!" if let name = optionalName { gretting = "Hello, \(name)" }
靈活的switch
Swift中的switch支持各種各樣的比較操作：
let vegetable = "red pepper" switch vegetable { case "celery": let vegetableComment = "Add some raisins and make ants on a log." case "cucumber", "watercress": let vegetableComment = "That would make a good tea sandwich." case let x where x.hasSuffix("pepper"): let vegetableComment = "Is it a spicy \(x)?" default: let vegetableComment = "Everything tastes good in soup." }