Developer resource Swift Package Index to stay open source after Apple acquisition
The Swift Package Index is no longer independent as Apple has taken control, but it will remain an open source search engine for third-party code. Swift icon - image credit: Apple It's now a startling 12 years since Apple launched its Swift programming language for apps, and key to it from 2015 has been that it is open source. The aim was to build a community of developers, and one group that helped this was behind the Swift Package Index. The Swift Package Index gave developers one trusted location to look for third-party code for use in their own apps. The idea has always been that developers can find code that works with Xcode 's Swift Package Manager, be reassured that it works, and see immediately just how new or established it is. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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The Swift Package Index is no longer independent as Apple has taken control, but it will remain an open source search engine for third-party code. Swift icon - image credit: Apple It's now a startling 12 years since Apple launched its Swift programming language for apps, and key to it from 2015 has been that it is open source. The aim was to build a community of developers, and one group that helped this was behind the Swift Package Index. The Swift Package Index gave developers one trusted location to look for third-party code for use in their own apps. The idea has always been that developers can find code that works with Xcode 's Swift Package Manager, be reassured that it works, and see immediately just how new or established it is. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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The Swift Package Index is no longer independent as Apple has taken control, but it will remain an open source search engine for third-party code.
Swift icon - image credit: Apple It's now a startling 12 years since Apple launched its Swift programming language for apps, and key to it from 2015 has been that it is open source.
The aim was to build a community of developers, and one group that helped this was behind the Swift Package Index.
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