Server Side Swift – State of the Union

Small presentation given at http://theswiftalps.com on November 10th, 2016, about the current options for server side apps written in Swift: Perfect, Vapor, Kitura and Zewo.

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1. Server SideSwift
   Swift ! " @akosma in Twitter, Github, Medium & LinkedIn.
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2. Kitura1
   1 http://www.kitura.io
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3. Kiturawwdc
   wwdc https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/415/
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4. Kituraibm
   ibm https://developer.ibm.com/swift/
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5. import Kitura
   let router = Router()
   router.get("/") {
   request, response, next in
   response.send("Hello, World!")
   next()
   }
   Kitura.addHTTPServer(onPort: 8090, with: router)
   Kitura.run()
   https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura
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6. Perfect2
   2 http://perfect.org
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7. import PerfectLib
   import PerfectHTTP
   import PerfectHTTPServer
   let server = HTTPServer()
   var routes = Routes()
   routes.add(method: .get, uri: "/", handler: { request, response in
   response.setHeader(.contentType, value: "text/html")
   response.appendBody(string: "Hello, world!")
   response.completed()
   }
   )
   server.addRoutes(routes)
   server.serverPort = 8181
   do {
   try server.start()
   } catch PerfectError.networkError(let err, let msg) {
   print("Network error thrown: \(err) \(msg)")
   }
   https://github.com/PerfectlySoft/Perfect
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8. Vapor3
   3 http://vapor.codes
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9. import Vapor
   let drop = Droplet()
   drop.get("hello") { req in
   return "Hello, world."
   }
   drop.run()
   https://github.com/vapor/vapor
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10. Zewo5
    5 http://www.zewo.io
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11. import HTTPServer
    let router = BasicRouter { route in
    route.get("/hello") { request in
    return Response(body: "Hello, world!")
    }
    }
    let server = try Server(configuration: ["port": 8080],
    responder: router)
    try server.start()
    https://github.com/Zewo/Zewo
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12. Server APIs Workgroup
    group https://swift.org/blog/server-api-workgroup/
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13. Server Side Standards for
    Swift – S4
    4 https://github.com/open-swift/S4
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14. import PackageDescription
    let package = Package(
    dependencies: [
    .Package(url: "https://github.com/open-swift/S4.git",
    majorVersion: 0,
    minor: 11)
    ]
    )
    https://github.com/open-swift/S4
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15. swift package generate-xcodeproj
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16. Perfect Vapor Kitura Zewo S4
    Inspiration Ruby on Rails Laravel Express.js Go (libmill) Open Initiative
    Design Monolithic Modular IBM Modular In progress
    Deployment nginx, Docker,
    Heroku
    Bluemix, AWS,
    Heroku…
    Apache, nginx,
    Bluemix
    Databases Mongo, MySQL,
    FileMaker…
    Mongo,
    MySQL…
    Templating Mustache Leaf Mustache
    License Apache MIT Apache MIT MIT
    Stars0 9200 7200 4800 1400 100
    More StORM,
    Websockets,
    FastCGI
    Websockets WWDC16 415
    0 as of November 2016
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17. Swift Protobuf
    buf https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf
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18. SwiftCGI
    CGI https://github.com/allevato/SwiftCGI and
    https://github.com/ianthetechie/SwiftCGI
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19. Newsletter
    letter https://www.serverswift.tech
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20. Workshop
    —3 sessions of 2h each: 11:30, 14:30 & 16:30
    —Build a web API & iOS client 100% Swift
    —Specifications
    —Free choice of tools & frameworks
    —Team effort
    —Guidance and support
    —Fun!
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21. Competition!
    —Number of implemented use cases
    —Code coverage
    —Weighted by number of team members
    —Imagination
    ! with a trophy! " chocolate!
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22. Schedule
    Time Thursday 10th Friday 11th
    09:00 - 09:30 Registrations Welcome back
    09:30 - 11:30 Presentations Work Session 4
    11:30 - 13:30 Work Session 1 Work Session 5
    13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Lunch
    14:30 - 16:30 Work Session 2 Work Session 6
    16:30 - 18:30 Work Session 3 Presentations & End
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23. Thanks!!
    Questions?
    ! https://speakerdeck.com/akosma
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