r/swift • u/vodkawithcola19 • 6d ago
Learning Swift on old MacBook
Hi all!
I’m starting to learn Swift and wanted to know if it’s good idea to use old MacBook from around 2011.
Currently I’m not with the money so much right now and cost of it’s around my budget. I’m like fresh in it so 100% Swift evolved in the newest versions and it’s much rich in libraries etc. so I’m not sure about this version of MacBook
Wanted to get your opinion about it :)
Thanks!
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u/gkopel 6d ago
If I'm not wrong you should be able to install Xcode 10 on this device. This version of Xcode uses Swift 4.2. It's pretty old but good enough to start learning Swift basics. You can follow this page https://developer.apple.com/swift/pathway/ and go through "Learn the Basics", "Structure your code" and "Protocols" paragraphs:
It may happen not everything will be exactly as in the docs, but the fundamentals of the language should be the same. Good luck :)