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We are very proud to announce [ARK-SWIFT](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) integration for ARK, thanks to one of our community developers.

Community developer SleepDeficit has been working very hard to contribute to the ARK Ecosystem. He is continuing development on some ARK IoT projects. In the mean time has brought us [SWIFT](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) integration for ARK, completely written in SWIFT 4.0.

SWIFT GITHUB: https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit

## What is SWIFT?

Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Writing [Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) code is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and [Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) includes modern features developers love. Swift code is safe by design, yet also produces software that runs lightning-fast.

Swift 4 was developed in the open at Swift.org, with source code, a bug tracker, mailing lists, and regular development builds available for everyone. This broad community of developers, both inside of Apple, as well as hundreds of outside contributors, work together to make [Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) even more amazing. [Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) already supports all Apple platforms as well as Linux, with community members actively working to port to even more platforms.

## Features.

[Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) includes features that make code easier to read and write, while giving the developer the control needed in a true systems programming language. [Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) supports inferred types to make code cleaner and less prone to mistakes, and modules eliminate headers and provide namespaces. Memory is managed automatically, and you don’t even need to type semicolons. [Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) also borrows from other languages, for instance named parameters brought forward from Objective-C are expressed in a clean syntax that makes APIs in Swift easy to read and maintain.

The features of [Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) are designed to work together to create a language that is powerful, yet fun to use. Some additional features of [Swift](https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit) include:

- Closures unified with function pointers
- Tuples and multiple return values
- Generics
- Fast and concise iteration over a range or collection
- Structs that support methods, extensions, and protocols
- Functional programming patterns, e.g., map and filter
- Powerful error handling built-in
- Advanced control flow with `do`, `guard`, `defer`, and `repeat` keywords

For more information and detailed help with swift please visit https://swift.org/

For GITHUB link to work with ARK-SWIFT visit: https://github.com/sleepdefic1t/ARKKit

## Are you a developer and looking to work with the ARK blockchain?
Checkout the [ARK GitHub](https://github.com/ArkEcosystem), [ARK Blogs](https://blog.ark.io/), and [Bounty](https://blog.ark.io/200-000-ark-bounty-for-developers-in-the-1st-year-76aa44304012) sections for more info.

Be sure to join [ARK SLACK](https://ark.io/join-ark-slack) chat, and speak with ARK crew and community or SleepDeficit himself.

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