Swift 3.0 Released!

Swift 3.0, the first major release of Swift since it was open-sourced, is now officially released! Swift 3 is a huge release containing major improvements and refinements to the core language and Standard Library, major additions to the Linux port of Swift, and the first official release of the Swift Package Manager.

→ swift.org/blog/swift-3.0-released/

Apple released Swift 3.0 as the first major version since the language became open source. This update brings big changes to the core language and standard library through many Swift Evolution proposals, but it does not work with code from Swift 2.2 or 2.3.

It adds more to the Linux port, includes the first official Swift Package Manager, and offers tools like a code migrator in Xcode 8.0 to help update projects. Updated guides appear on Swift.org and Apple's iBooks store. Sources are on GitHub in the swift-3.0-branch, with the release tag swift-3.0-RELEASE, and the branch stays open for future fixes.