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Swift: The Big Picture

This course will teach you how to fairly evaluate Swift as a programming language.

Beginner
1h 10m

Created by Jason Cross

Last Updated Oct 20, 2026

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  • Course

Swift: The Big Picture

This course will teach you how to fairly evaluate Swift as a programming language.

Beginner
1h 10m

Created by Jason Cross

Last Updated Oct 20, 2026

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What you'll learn

Choosing the right programming language requires understanding its strengths, features, and practical applications. This course will help you evaluate Swift's capabilities and determine when it's the right choice for your software development projects. In this course, Swift: The Big Picture, you’ll gain the ability to understand Swift’s place in modern software development. First, you’ll explore what makes Swift a modern language. Next, you’ll discover its language features. Finally, you’ll learn how to decide if Swift is the right choice in a given situation. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Swift: The Big Picture needed to fairly evaluate Swift as a programming language choice.

Swift: The Big Picture
Beginner
1h 10m
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Jason Cross - Pluralsight course - Swift: The Big Picture
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Jason Cross has two decades of experience as a software engineer. He started as a web developer, with a 3-year stretch at Microsoft, where he also became a full-stack developer. He then switched to iOS development over a decade ago. Outside of technology Jason is a high-performance athlete and coach in swimming and kayaking. He has been coaching, instructing, teaching, and mentoring for 3.5 decades.

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