Server Side Swift with Vapor - An Introduction

In recent years, thanks to Apple open sourcing of Swift and its ability to run on Linux, it has gained traction outside merely developing UI-apps for Apple platforms. In this talk, you'll learn some of the basics of Vapor - the most popular Swift framework for the server. The live demo covers routing, databases, caching and websockets. It can be accessed at this GitHub repository.

Talk presented at the Monday.com office in Tel Aviv, in our Monday Night iOS event, 16/05/22.

Useful links:

Talk's Sample Project:
https://github.com/natanrolnik/monday-night-16-05-22

Swift Server Work Group Update:
https://swift.org/blog/sswg-update/

Vapor & Docs:
https://vapor.codes
https://docs.vapor.codes

Vapor Discord
https://vapor.team

Vapor Community GitHub Org
https://github.com/vapor-community

Awesome Vapor
https://github.com/Cellane/awesome-vapor

Transcript

1. Server Side Swift with Vapor Natan Rolnik
2. Server Side Swift with Vapor Natan Rolnik You’re also a backend developer. (You just don’t know it yet.)
3. Hi, I’m Natan iOS @ monday.com "
4. Hi, I’m Natan iOS @ monday.com " @natanrolnik
5. Hi, I’m Natan • Born & raised in Brazil, moved to Israel in 2011 # iOS @ monday.com " @natanrolnik
6. Hi, I’m Natan • Born & raised in Brazil, moved to Israel in 2011 # • iPhone OS 3, Objective C was my 1st language ❤ iOS @ monday.com " @natanrolnik
7. Hi, I’m Natan • Born & raised in Brazil, moved to Israel in 2011 # • iPhone OS 3, Objective C was my 1st language ❤ • Passion for beautiful UI and animations iOS @ monday.com " @natanrolnik
8. Hi, I’m Natan • Born & raised in Brazil, moved to Israel in 2011 # • iPhone OS 3, Objective C was my 1st language ❤ • Passion for beautiful UI and animations • Basic web development/deployment knowledge iOS @ monday.com " @natanrolnik
9. Hi, I’m Natan • Born & raised in Brazil, moved to Israel in 2011 # • iPhone OS 3, Objective C was my 1st language ❤ • Passion for beautiful UI and animations • Basic web development/deployment knowledge • I love coding in Swift iOS @ monday.com " @natanrolnik
10. Hi, I’m Natan • Born & raised in Brazil, moved to Israel in 2011 # • iPhone OS 3, Objective C was my 1st language ❤ • Passion for beautiful UI and animations • Basic web development/deployment knowledge • I love coding in Swift • Author @ RayWenderlich.com (Server Side Swift) iOS @ monday.com " @natanrolnik
11. Quick Poll
12. Goals
13. Goals Familiarize with Vapor and its core concepts
14. Goals Familiarize with Vapor and its core concepts Inspire
15. Goals Familiarize with Vapor and its core concepts Inspire Have fun!
16. A Bit of History
17. A Bit of History
18. A Bit of History
19. A Bit of History
20. A Bit of History Ease of Use Less Flexibility New Language/Environment Great Flexibility
22. The Great Change
23. The Great Change Objective-C
24. The Great Change Objective-C
25. The Great Change Objective-C Swift
26. The Great Change Objective-C Swift
27. The Great Change Objective-C Swift
28. Why Swift on the Server?
29. Why Swift on the Server? Low Memory Footprint
30. Why Swift on the Server? Low Memory Footprint %
31. Why Swift on the Server? & Low Memory Footprint Blazing Fast %
32. async await More Advantages Memory Safety Type Safe Foundation Property Wrappers Compilation = Fail Early It’s Swift ❤
33. async await More Advantages Memory Safety Type Safe Foundation Property Wrappers Compilation = Fail Early It’s Swift ❤ Share Code with Packages
34. async await More Advantages Memory Safety Type Safe Foundation Property Wrappers Compilation = Fail Early It’s Swift ❤ Share Code with Packages Use Latest Language Features
35. async await More Advantages Memory Safety Type Safe Foundation Property Wrappers Compilation = Fail Early It’s Swift ❤ Share Code with Packages Use Latest Language Features 5.6
36. Current Status
37. Current Status “Is it ready for Production?”
38. Current Status • Vapor and AWS Smoke: the most popular frameworks “Is it ready for Production?”
39. Current Status • Vapor and AWS Smoke: the most popular frameworks • async/await “Is it ready for Production?”
40. Current Status • Vapor and AWS Smoke: the most popular frameworks • async/await • Swift Server Work Group “Is it ready for Production?”
41. Current Status • Vapor and AWS Smoke: the most popular frameworks • async/await • Swift Server Work Group • Docker images - M1 (arm64) support “Is it ready for Production?”
42. Current Status • Vapor and AWS Smoke: the most popular frameworks • async/await • Swift Server Work Group • Docker images - M1 (arm64) support • Of icial AWS Lambda package “Is it ready for Production?”
43. Current Status • Vapor and AWS Smoke: the most popular frameworks • async/await • Swift Server Work Group • Docker images - M1 (arm64) support • Of icial AWS Lambda package • Growing Ecosystem “Is it ready for Production?”
44. Vapor Web Framework Swift Package Command Line (CLI) Tool
45. Demo Meet Vapor and its Toolbox
46. ⚽ Striker App ⚽
47. ⚽ Striker App ⚽
48. ⚽ Striker App ⚽
49. ⚽ Striker App ⚽
50. ⚽ Striker App ⚽
51. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server
52. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server
53. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server
54. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server iOS App
55. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server ⚽ Shared Package iOS App Codable
56. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server ⚽ Shared Package iOS App Web Codable
57. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server iOS App Web
58. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server iOS App Web
59. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server iOS App Web 1. Create user
60. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server iOS App Web 1. Create user 2. List users
61. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server iOS App Web 1. Create user 2. List users 3. Register a goal
62. ⚽ Striker App ⚽ Server iOS App Web 1. Create user 2. List users 3. Register a goal 4. Update iOS app
63. Live Coding Wish me luck!
64. Should I Replace My Entire Stack Today?
65. Should I Replace My Entire Stack Today? NO
66. So When Should I Use Swift on The Server?
67. So When Should I Use Swift on The Server? • Microservices
68. So When Should I Use Swift on The Server? • Microservices • BFF - Backend For Frontend
69. So When Should I Use Swift on The Server? • Microservices • BFF - Backend For Frontend • AWS Lambda - “Serverless”
70. So When Should I Use Swift on The Server? • Microservices • BFF - Backend For Frontend • AWS Lambda - “Serverless” • New Apps
71. So When Should I Use Swift on The Server? • Microservices • BFF - Backend For Frontend • AWS Lambda - “Serverless” • New Apps • Side Projects
72. So When Should I Use Swift on The Server? • Microservices • BFF - Backend For Frontend • AWS Lambda - “Serverless” • New Apps • Side Projects • Internal tools
73. So When Should I Use Swift on The Server? • Microservices • BFF - Backend For Frontend • AWS Lambda - “Serverless” • New Apps • Side Projects • Internal tools • Embed Vapor in your iOS app (
74. Links https://github.com/natanrolnik/monday-night-16-05-22 https://vapor.codes https://docs.vapor.codes https://www.swift.org/blog/sswg-update/
75. Community https://vapor.team https://github.com/vapor-community https://github.com/vapor-community/awesome-vapor
76. Where To Go From Here?
77. Where To Go From Here? • Install the Vapor toolbox and play with it
78. Where To Go From Here? • Install the Vapor toolbox and play with it • Learn Vapor & Fluent basics
79. Where To Go From Here? • Install the Vapor toolbox and play with it • Learn Vapor & Fluent basics • Advanced:
80. Where To Go From Here? • Install the Vapor toolbox and play with it • Learn Vapor & Fluent basics • Advanced: • Play with packages such as Queues, Soto for AWS
81. Where To Go From Here? • Install the Vapor toolbox and play with it • Learn Vapor & Fluent basics • Advanced: • Play with packages such as Queues, Soto for AWS • Try to deploy a Vapor app or Lambda
82. Where To Go From Here? • Install the Vapor toolbox and play with it • Learn Vapor & Fluent basics • Advanced: • Play with packages such as Queues, Soto for AWS • Try to deploy a Vapor app or Lambda • Get started with Docker & Docker Compose
83. Thank You )