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AFP
A closed Apple Store in Washington, DC on April 29, 2020.
Apple announced Tuesday that it will host its annual World Developer Conference virtually, starting June 22, on the Apple Developer app and on the Apple Developer website free of charge to all developers.
The company also announced the Swift Student Challenge, an opportunity for student developers to show their love of coding by creating their own Swift playground.
Now in its 31st year, WWDC20 will be an opportunity for millions of creative and innovative developers around the world to gain early access to the future of their operating systems and learn from Apple engineers as they work to build application experiences, the company said. .
“WWDC20 will be our largest yet, bringing together our global developer community of more than 23 million in an unprecedented way for a week in June to learn about the future of Apple platforms,” said Phil Schiller, senior vice president of marketing Apple World.
“Students are an integral part of the Apple developer community, and last year WWDC was attended by more than 350 student developers in 37 different countries,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering. “While we wait for WWDC20, although our meeting will be virtual this year, we want to recognize and celebrate the creative contributions of our young developers from around the world.”
According to the company, more than 500 million people visit the App Store in 175 countries and regions every week.
