Announcing the Language Workgroup

Swift 5.5 was released in the fall of 2021 and introduced a new concurrency model for Swift. This will have far reaching impacts for Swift on the server, making code significantly easier to read and maintain, and introduce new possibilities with language features such as distributed actors.

→ swift.org/blog/language-workgroup/

The Swift.org website is now open source, inviting community contributions to enhance its role as a central hub for all Swift users, supported by the new Swift Website Workgroup (SWWG) to guide its development.

The site aims to welcome newcomers, provide clear documentation, announce updates, and foster community interaction, with contributions managed via pull requests and SWWG oversight. The Language Workgroup, formed with experts like Ben Cohen and Holly Borla, takes on responsibility for guiding language and standard library evolution, allowing the Swift Core Team to focus on overall project strategy and workgroup alignment.