While the announcement of WWDC 2022 should not delay, the evolutions of Swift to come are very attractive for developers. After a version 5.6 rich in new features, the entire ecosystem is preparing for a new leap forward. Here is a first glimpse of what already looks like a great vintage.
The ubiquity of Swift Concurrency
When it was presented in 2021, the new parallel task management mechanism already showed promise, although limited to the most recent versions of Apple systems. This first problem was quickly resolved: the tool is now compatible with macOS 10.15, iOS 13, watchOS 6 and tvOS 13, in addition to the other versions that the language supports of course.