Server-Side Swift with Tim Condon

In this episode, Leo talks with Tim Condon about Server-Side Swift and the Vapor Web Framework: how it fits into the development of an application now, why you’d choose it, and what it takes to get started.

Show Notes

Guest

• Tim Condon - Twitter @0xTim

Related Episodes

• Episode 8 - Cloud and Backend Services
• Episode 23 - Modularizing in Xcode with Abbey Jackson

Related Links

• Hello Server-Side Swift by Logan Wright
• Leo's Vapor Tutorials and Videos
• How to get started developing Server-Side Swift - SwiftTO 2019
• Vapor – Deep Dive Guide into Setup and Deployment for Heroku and Ubuntu
• Asynchronous Multithreaded Parallel World of Swift
• Server Side Swift with Vapor on raywenderlich.com
• Porting Swift to Windows by Saleem Abdulrasool

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How does Vapor compare With other backends?

• Why not use CloudKit or Firebase?
• How does it compare to NodeJS, Ruby, .Net or PHP?
• Limitation of various programming languages
• Preferred Database Backend
• What's the difference between Vapor and other Server-Side Swift backend frameworks?
• What is the Server-Side Group and SwiftNIO?

Using Vapor Today

• Is it ready for production?
• What are some considerations a dev team should make?
• What's the best way to get started?
• What plugins are available? (Database, Authentication, Leaf, etc...)
• What are differences with Swift on the server vs. the client?
• How can you share code correctly between iOS and the server?

The Future of Vapor 4

• What improvements are being made in Vapor 4?
• How does SwiftNIO2 affect Vapor?
• How does Swift 5 change the way database models work?
• How has SwiftUI and Combine affected Vapor and the way HTML is rendered?

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Creators & Guests

Host

Leo Dion

Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids

Guest

Tim Condon

Engineer, geek, triathlete. @codevapor core team. Founder @brokenhandsio. Server-side Swift @kodecodev. Organiser @SwiftServerConf @NSManchester He/him

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