Xcode 16 Brings Predictive Code Completion Using Custom Model

At WWDC 2024, Xcode and Swift Playground senior manager Ken Orr presented the most salient features of the upcoming version of Xcode, Xcode 16, including predictive code completion and many bug fixes and improvements.

Apple Announces its First AI Code Generation Model, Swift Assist

Described as a companion tool for all coding tasks, Swift Assist aims to help developers transform ideas into code and focus on higher-level problems. Powered by a model running in Apple’s Cloud, Swift Assist is integrated into Xcode and is able to generate code from a prompt expressed in human language.

Swift 6 Brings New Opt-In Data-Race Safe Mode

In his WWDC 2024 talk, Apple’s Languages and Runtimes team lead and Swift Core Team member Ted Kremenek introduced Swift 6 new data-race safe mode, which promises to help developers create concurrent programs free of data races thanks to a new compile-time static detector.

Swift 6 Introduces Embedded Swift for Low-level Programming

Swift 6 brings a new compilation mode aiming to address the specific constraints of embedded devices as well as kernel- and other low-level code. Embedded Swift is a full-featured subset of Swift covering most of the language, including value and reference types, closures, optionals, error handling, generics and more.

Google Launches Pigweed SDK for Embedded Development on Pi Picos and Other Microcontrollers

Recently launched by Google in developer preview, the Pigweed SDK aims to make it easier to develop, debug, test, and deploy embedded C++ applications. At the heart of the SDK lies Bazel, Google’s own build system, which has been extended to better support workflows and requirements typical of embedded development.