现在很简单:

let serialQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "my serial queue")

默认值是serial，要获得concurrent，可以使用可选属性参数.concurrent

   let concurrentQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.swift3.imageQueue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT) //Swift 2 version

   let concurrentQueue = DispatchQueue(label:"com.swift3.imageQueue", attributes: .concurrent) //Swift 3 version

我在Xcode 8, Swift 3中重做了你的代码，这些变化与你的Swift 2版本形成对比。

Swift 3

   DispatchQueue.main.async {
        // Write your code here
    }

在XCode 8编译，Swift 3 https://github.com/rpthomas/Jedisware

 @IBAction func tap(_ sender: AnyObject) {

    let thisEmail = "emailaddress.com"
    let thisPassword = "myPassword" 

    DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async {

        // Validate user input

        let result = self.validate(thisEmail, password: thisPassword)

        // Go back to the main thread to update the UI
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            if !result
            {
                self.displayFailureAlert()
            }

        }
    }

}

DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {

// write code

})

串行队列:

let serial = DispatchQueue(label: "Queuename")

serial.sync { 

 //Code Here

}

并发队列:

 let concurrent = DispatchQueue(label: "Queuename", attributes: .concurrent)

concurrent.sync {

 //Code Here
}

现在很简单:

let serialQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "my serial queue")

默认值是serial，要获得concurrent，可以使用可选属性参数.concurrent