Swift Student Challenge: the 2022 edition open to developers

Each year, Apple organizes during theWorldwide Developer ConferenceThe Swift Student Challenge which rewards the best young developers. Gold,The event has just been announcedSo much so that the competition has also reopened its doors. Objective for participants: Create an application with Swift Playgrounds, the Cupertino platform to learn to code whose version 4 arrived at the end of 2021.

The winners, in addition to being put forward by Apple, will be given clothes in the colors of WWDC but alsoone year of subscription toApple Developer Program. Passage obliged to be listed on the App Store, this program normally costs around a hundred euros.

• To discover the winners of last year, it's right here

Eligibility conditions

PourParticipate in the Swift Student ChallengeFrom France, you have to be agedseize ansrevolves and having created its developer account at Apple. This procedure, however, is completely free. But it is also necessary to justify his status as a student, for example by having obtained his baccalaureate and being accepted in a university.

The organizer clearly specifies that all subjects are accepted: services, games, health or even education have already been rewarded in the past. Registrations are openuntil April 25In the morning, French time. Judges will then be responsible for assessing the “technique”Behind the application, but also the“creativity”And the ideas behind each project.

Learn to code in 2022 with Apple

The Swift Student Challenge is not the only Apple initiative to train new generations in the code. To do this, the Californian company thus has other supports such asBooks to read on iPhone. Of theincubatorsAre also open in different cities around the world to identify talents, not to mention the entrepreneur camp whose winners come from minorities.

Steve Wozniak, co -founder of the Apple brand in 1976, also launched his own school calledWoz You. In the United States, his students can quickly find a job or enter a university after graduating, which is often more difficult without experience.