Last summer, after watching an inspiring showcase featuring apps created by young coders using Apple's Swift Playgrounds programming language, I resolved to enlist my kids to develop an iPhone app.

Apple is making it easier than ever for beginners to get started with app development. Thanks to the company’s Xcode 8 development environment, Swift programming language and tools like Metal, now is ...

If you are interested in developing apps for the iPhone, you can make them with Apple's Mac Mini. The iPhone runs the iOS operating system, and you can only develop iOS apps using Apple computers. The ...