by Tim Nugent | Released July 2017 | ISBN: 9781491992357

Developers looking to write their way out of the Apple ecosystem now have a language for breaking away: Swift. With the help of IBM's web framework Kitura, Swift gives those struggling with Node.js or schooled in client-side iOS development a new avenue for building a versatile backend for an application.Learn the basics of Swift language and programmingGet comfortable with server-side Swift and set up a project using KituraCreate routes for the API and connect them to a data modelExplore the environment and tools developed to support Swift and KituraUse the Swift package manager to download and manage librariesTim Nugent, PhD, is a mobile app and game designer and developer who has co-authored five O'Reilly titles, including Learning Cocoa with Objective-C, Learning Swift, and The Kerbal Players Guide. He blogs at Lonely.Coffee. Show and hide more

1. Setting Up Your Swift Project 00:06:42
2. Getting Started with Kitura 00:05:51
3. The ToDoBackend Frontend in Swift 00:04:45
4. Setting Up Routes with Swift 00:14:16
5. Storing ToDo Items in the Model with Swift 00:19:40
6. Responding to API Calls in Swift 00:18:20
7. Server-Side Swift: Where to Go Next 00:01:27
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