Apple's Swift Playgrounds inspires Chinese programmers

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on stage at the company's World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, US, June 13, 2016.[Photo/Agencies]

An and eight other Chinese students, along with other 342 students and STEM organization members listed by the Cupertino company as the award-winner of "WWDC Scholarships", are attending this year's WWDC event.

According to An, the applicants of the award had to submit an application that demonstrated the usage of "Apple technologies", such as a school project, or a software available on the App Store.

Zhou Rui, a Chinese scholarship winner studying in Grade 10 in a high school in New York State, said that Swift Playgrounds will enable the new generation to learn programming through the interactive way and it would be much easier than the previous coding languages used in the community.

Zhou also said that he has seen some computer programs clubs in Chinese high schools and is looking forward to see more activities undertaken by them.