apple partners with france's simplon for swift app development training

Apple partners with France's Simplon for Swift development training.   Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 06 54 am PT.   Apple on Tuesday announced partnership with French school to teach Apple's Swift, the open-source programming language used for the company's own app platforms...   The program should launch conjunction with Simplon Paris and Lyon January, before expanding elsewhere in the country.   Our trainees are refugees, adolescents marginalized by the school system, children, long term job-seekers, or employees in reconversion, it says..   It will add on to Simplon's existing Web development program, which runs for seven months..   Apple will also provide teacher training, funds for recruiting more teachers, and access to Macs, iPads, and iPhones needed by students..   The company has been aggressive about expanding Swift around the world, targeting high schools and colleges and casual learners.   Developer Academy run partnership with the University of Naples Federico II.   While Apple has positioned its efforts as altruistic, teaching Swift helps foster more development for its hardware and cements its platforms as industry standards.   Read more