Swift is a new multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple for iOS and OS X development.- Introduced at Apples developer conference WWDC 2014- Swift is designed to replace Objective-C- Swift is intended to be more resilient against erroneous code- Built with the LLVM compiler included in Xcode 6 beta- Uses the Objective-C runtime, allowing Objective-C, Objective-C++ and Swift code to run within a single program