"They're learning the real language," said Tim Triemstra, Apple's product manager for Swift Playgrounds. "It's not block programming [like you'd find on other kid's coding toys].

Swift Playgrounds is an iOS app for iPad that uses interactivity to learn the language. You learn Swift fundamentals by using real code to work your way through a set of puzzles.

With the launch of the new language, the website has updated its database with tutorials that cover the basics of the language as well as simple apps written in Swift using several iOS frameworks.

In 2014, Apple introduced a new programming language called Swift. Though that might not seem like much to everyday users like you and me, this announcement was actually a pretty big deal for the ...

If you're interested in learning Apple's newly announced Swift programming language, Apple is giving you the chance with a free eBook on iTunes.