Alongside the release of iOS 10 this fall, Apple will put out a video game filled with strange aliens, blocky worlds, collectible gems, and clever logic puzzles. Only it's not just a video game — it's a series of coding lessons and challenges designed to teach kids the fundamentals of computer science, all based around Apple's new programming language, Swift.
The app is called Swift Playgrounds, and you can try it out right now if you install the iOS 10 beta on an iPad. What you'll find is a surprisingly deep and surprisingly fun set of lessons that make it easy to pick up some coding basics. "What we set out to do is create something really inspirational for the next generation of students to make them excited to code," says Cheryl...
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