Creating an app

To create an app, you will need to have Xcode installed. You can get it from Apple's App Store. Once you open Xcode, you will be greeted with the Welcome to Xcode modal. This is where you will see your most recent projects:

We will get started by selecting the Create a new Xcode project option from the dialog. If you want to just explore Swift language, you can select Get started with a playground.

Playgrounds are a hybrid between a text editor for Swift code and a code runner where you can see the result of your code as you type, making it easy to learn the language or try out something quickly.

This will open another dialog ...

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