Swift Playgrounds

Swift Playgrounds is a visual development environment for Swift created by Apple Inc.

Product history
The original OS X version of Playgrounds was launched by Apple as an integrated part of Xcode on June 2, 2014, during the 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference.

On June 13, 2016 at the 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference, a dedicated version for iPad (Swift Playgrounds for iPad) was announced. Targeted at young students starting to learn code, it was released in September 2016.

In February 2020, a stand-alone version of Swift Playgrounds was launched for macOS Catalina. This version is detached from Xcode, and mimics the iPad version. The 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference introduced the first Swift Student Challenge, with finalists to be announced on June 16, 2020.