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The Maturation of Swift

The Maturation of Swift

In 2018, Swift has stretched its wings into a truly widespread language. Join me as we take a look at how mobile apps, servers, functions, and even data science can be written in one language.

David Okun

June 11, 2018
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    Objective-C

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    Node.js
    Objective-C

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    Java
    Node.js
    Objective-C

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    Python
    Java
    Node.js
    Objective-C

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    The History of Swift

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    The History of Swift
    • June 2014 - Swift is released

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    The History of Swift
    • June 2014 - Swift is released
    • June 2015 - Swift on Linux is announced

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    The History of Swift
    • June 2014 - Swift is released
    • June 2015 - Swift on Linux is announced
    • December 2015 - swift.org goes live

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    The History of Swift
    • June 2014 - Swift is released
    • June 2015 - Swift on Linux is announced
    • December 2015 - swift.org goes live
    • March 2016 - First Linux build available

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    The History of Swift
    • June 2014 - Swift is released
    • June 2015 - Swift on Linux is announced
    • December 2015 - swift.org goes live
    • March 2016 - First Linux build available
    • June 2016 - Kitura at WWDC

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    The History of Swift
    • June 2014 - Swift is released
    • June 2015 - Swift on Linux is announced
    • December 2015 - swift.org goes live
    • March 2016 - First Linux build available
    • June 2016 - Kitura at WWDC
    • October 2017 - Kitura 2.0

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    Python
    Java
    Node.js
    Objective-C

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    Objective-C

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS
    • Smalltalk + C

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS
    • Smalltalk + C
    • “Easy” interoperability with C++

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS
    • Smalltalk + C
    • “Easy” interoperability with C++
    • Created in 1981

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS
    • Smalltalk + C
    • “Easy” interoperability with C++
    • Created in 1981
    • Licensed by NeXT in 1988

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS
    • Smalltalk + C
    • “Easy” interoperability with C++
    • Created in 1981
    • Licensed by NeXT in 1988
    • GCC extended to support it

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS
    • Then…Clang and support for LLVM

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS
    • Then…Clang and support for LLVM
    • iOS developers’ first choice

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    Objective-C’s Place In iOS
    • Then…Clang and support for LLVM
    • iOS developers’ first choice
    • Still focused on manual memory management via
    reference counting

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    2014

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    2014
    • Craig Federighi announced
    Swift

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    2014
    • Craig Federighi announced
    Swift
    • A focus on functions as first
    class objects

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    2014
    • Craig Federighi announced
    Swift
    • A focus on functions as first
    class objects
    • Type-safety, automatic memory
    management

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    if !NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().boolForKey("copyAndPasteEnabled") {
    NSOperationQueue.mainQueue().addOperationWithBlock { () -> Void in
    UIMenuController.sharedMenuController().setMenuVisible(false, animated: false)
    }
    }

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    Swift 2

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    Swift 2
    • Focus on basic language needs
    • try
    • throw
    • catch

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    Swift 2
    • Focus on basic language needs
    • try
    • throw
    • catch
    • Protocol extensions

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    Swift 2
    • Focus on basic language needs
    • try
    • throw
    • catch
    • Protocol extensions
    • Open source announcement

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    Swift 3

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    Swift 3
    • Focus on stability, ABI (application binary interface)

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    Swift 3
    • Focus on stability, ABI (application binary interface)
    • The great NS removal

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    Swift 3
    • Focus on stability, ABI (application binary interface)
    • The great NS removal
    • NSUserDefaults -> UserDefaults

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    Python
    Java
    Node.js
    Objective-C

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  44. @dokun24
    @mccoyjus
    Python
    Java
    Node.js
    Swift

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    Node.js

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    Node.js

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    Node.js
    • It’s fine

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    Node.js
    • It’s fine
    • Accessible to all

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    Node.js
    • It’s fine
    • Accessible to all
    • Tons more I/O based performance

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    Kitura - The Swift RESTful API
    Framework

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    Kitura - The Swift RESTful API
    Framework
    • Written just like Express.js

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    Kitura - The Swift RESTful API
    Framework
    • Written just like Express.js
    • Works on macOS and Linux

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    Kitura - The Swift RESTful API
    Framework
    • Written just like Express.js
    • Works on macOS and Linux
    • Front-end templating

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    Kitura - The Swift RESTful API
    Framework
    • Written just like Express.js
    • Works on macOS and Linux
    • Front-end templating
    • ORM capabilities

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    Kitura - The Swift RESTful API
    Framework
    • Written just like Express.js
    • Works on macOS and Linux
    • Front-end templating
    • ORM capabilities
    • Client SDK generation

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    import Kitura
    let router = Router()
    router.get("/") { request, response, next in
    response.send("Hello world")
    next()
    }
    Kitura.addHTTPServer(onPort: 8080, with: router)
    Kitura.run()

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    Kitura Runs On

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    Kitura Runs On
    • Cloud Foundry

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    Kitura Runs On
    • Cloud Foundry
    • Docker

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    Kitura Runs On
    • Cloud Foundry
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes

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    Python
    Java
    Node.js
    Swift

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    Python
    Java
    Swift
    Swift

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    Java

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    Cloud Functions / FaaS

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    Cloud Functions / FaaS
    • AKA Serverless

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    Cloud Functions / FaaS
    • AKA Serverless
    • Serverless is…just another server

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    Cloud Functions / FaaS
    • AKA Serverless
    • Serverless is…just another server
    • Focus on your functions

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    FaaS Languages

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    FaaS Languages
    • Java
    • Python
    • Node.js
    • Go
    • Ruby
    • Scala
    • Swift

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    The Key of FaaS

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    The Key of FaaS
    • Don’t worry about your server

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    The Key of FaaS
    • Don’t worry about your server
    • Worry about your code

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    struct Record: Codable {
    var name: String
    var office: String
    }
    enum RecordError: Error {
    case newRecordError
    }
    func main(input: Record, respondWith: (Record?,
    RecordError?) -> Void) {
    let newRecord = Record(name: “David”, office: “IBM”)
    respondWith(newRecord, nil)
    }

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    Python
    Java
    Swift
    Swift

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    Python
    Swift
    Swift
    Swift

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    Python

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    Python

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    Python
    • The Data Science Language

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    Python
    • The Data Science Language
    • Meant for heavy computation

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    Python
    • The Data Science Language
    • Meant for heavy computation
    • Focused on usability, above all

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    The Jupyter Project

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    The Jupyter Project
    • Notebook driven development

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    The Jupyter Project
    • Notebook driven development
    • Easy to share experiments &
    documentation

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    The Jupyter Project
    • Notebook driven development
    • Easy to share experiments &
    documentation
    • Portable, web-based
    environment

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    Watson Studio

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    Watson Studio
    • Data science and IBM Cloud

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    Watson Studio
    • Data science and IBM Cloud
    • Democratizes the model
    training process

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    Watson Studio
    • Data science and IBM Cloud
    • Democratizes the model
    training process
    • Built on open source

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    Watson Studio
    • Data science and IBM Cloud
    • Democratizes the model
    training process
    • Built on open source
    • No native support for Swift…yet

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    Swift - Forked

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    @mccoyjus
    Swift - Forked

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    Swift - Forked

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    Swift - Forked
    +

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    Python
    Swift
    Swift
    Swift

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    @mccoyjus
    Swift
    Swift
    Swift
    Swift

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    Demo

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    @mccoyjus

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    @mccoyjus

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    Memory Benchmarking

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    MB
    0
    175
    350
    525
    700
    Node.js Ruby Python Swift
    Memory Benchmarking

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    MB
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    Node.js Ruby Python Swift
    658.324
    Memory Benchmarking

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    MB
    0
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    525
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    Node.js Ruby Python Swift
    511.724
    658.324
    Memory Benchmarking

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    MB
    0
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    350
    525
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    Node.js Ruby Python Swift
    280.624
    511.724
    658.324
    Memory Benchmarking

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    MB
    0
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    350
    525
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    Node.js Ruby Python Swift
    192.436
    280.624
    511.724
    658.324
    Memory Benchmarking

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    Speed Benchmarking

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    Seconds
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    Speed Benchmarking

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    45.41
    Speed Benchmarking

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    Seconds
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    50.97
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    Speed Benchmarking

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    @mccoyjus
    Seconds
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    Node.js Ruby Python Swift
    93.55
    50.97
    45.41
    Speed Benchmarking

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    @mccoyjus
    Seconds
    0
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    Node.js Ruby Python Swift
    5.05
    93.55
    50.97
    45.41
    Speed Benchmarking

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    @mccoyjus

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    Maybe We Should

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    References
    • https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/
    benchmarksgame/performance/binarytrees.html
    • https://console.bluemix.net
    • https://dataplatform.ibm.com
    • https://swift.org
    • https://ibm.biz/iswift4tensorflow

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  120. @dokun24
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    Thank you!!!

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