Building With Swift Package Manager

A brief introduction to how to use Swift Package Manager to create a "hello world" CLI tool. Also covers how Package.swift is parsed and how SPM compiles the package using llbuild, the new build tool introduced in Xcode 9.

Link to talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m8hJPWNlrU

Transcript

1. BUILDING WITH SWIFT PACKAGE MANAGER BHARGAV GURLANKA github.com/bhargavg twitter.com/bhargavgurlanka
2. AGENDA ▸ What is SPM ▸ Building a simple package ▸ Running tests ▸ Overview of how SwiftPM works ▸ Problems in using SPM for iOS development right now ▸ How to contribute
3. WHAT IS SwiftPM ?
4. $ swift build $ swift package $ swift test $ swift run
5. DEMO
6. FOR LIBRARY AUTHORS ▸ Editable Packages ▸ Top Of Tree Development #
7. DEMO
8. A Deep Dive $
9. WHAT IS SwiftPM ? %
10. A fancy tool to generate build.yaml
11. DEMO
12. PROBLEMS WITH USING SWIFTPM FOR IOS DEVELOPMENT ▸ Doesn’t support resources ▸ No integration with Xcode ▸ No build settings and configuration support
13. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE ▸ Read the awesome documentation: github.com/apple/ swift-package-manager/tree/master/ Documentation ▸ Pick starter tasks from JIRA: bugs.swift.org ▸ Join slack channel at: swiftpm.slack.com ▸ Mailing list: swift-build-dev@swift.org
14. Thank you github.com/bhargavg twitter.com/bhargavgurlanka