---
title: "A Video Walkthrough of Swift Fundamentals"
description: "A Video Walkthrough of Swift Fundamentals"
published: "2015-01-23"
last_updated: "2015-01-23"
authors:
  - "Kat Fang (Core Developer)"
categories:
  - "Swift"
  - "WWDC"
  - "iOS"
canonical_url: "https://firebase.blog/posts/2015/01/a-video-walkthrough-of-swift_26"
---

# A Video Walkthrough of Swift Fundamentals

*Published January 23, 2015 by Kat Fang (Core Developer)*

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It’s not every day you get to play with a beta programming language, so I was incredibly excited when Apple announced Swift at WWDC last year.

My first project at Firebase was becoming our resident Swift expert, and after a few weeks of digging into the language I presented an overview to the team. I recently updated the presentation and recorded it. If you’re new to Swift this video will give you a general overview and walk you through the core language features:

If you’re already familiar with Swift, our [iOS Guide](https://www.firebase.com/docs/ios/guide/) has everything you need to know to start building a realtime app with Swift and Firebase. You can also check out our [Swift chat example app](https://github.com/firebase/ios-swift-chat-example).

I’d love to hear what you think of the screencast, you can leave your feedback in the comments or find me on twitter at [@fangedkat](https://twitter.com/fangedkat).