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Mastering Swift 3 - Linux

By : Jon Hoffman
Book Image

Mastering Swift 3 - Linux

By: Jon Hoffman

Overview of this book

Swift is a modern, fast, and safe programming language created by Apple. Writing Swift is interactive and fun, the syntax is concise yet expressive, and the code runs lightning-fast. Swift’s move to open source has been embraced with open arms and has seen increased adoption in the Linux platform. Our book will introduce you to the Swift language, further delving into all the key concepts you need to create applications for desktop, server, and embedded Linux platforms. We will teach you the best practices to design an application with Swift 3 via design patterns and Protocol-Oriented Programming. Further on, you will learn how to catch and respond to errors within your application. When you have gained a strong knowledge of using Swift in Linux, we’ll show you how to build IoT and robotic projects using Swift on single board computers. By the end of the book, you will have a solid understanding of the Swift Language with Linux and will be able to create your own applications with ease.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Mastering Swift 3 - Linux
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
2
Learning About Variables, Constants, Strings, and Operators

Using the Cpcap module


Now that the module has been created, let's look at how we would use it in a project. The first thing we will need to do is to create a new project. The following commands will set up a new project named pcapProject:

mkdir pcapProject
cd pcapProject
swift package init

Now that the directory structure for our project has been created, we need to tell the compiler to use the newly created Cpcap module. To do this, we will need to add a dependency to the Package.swift file. The following code will define our application and also its dependency on the Cpcap module:

import PackageDescription   
let package = Package(      
    name: "pcapProject",      
    dependencies: [.Package(url: "../Cpcap", majorVersion: 0, minor: 1)] 
) 

We add the dependency using the dependencies line. The url within the dependencies line defines the path to the module. This can be the filesystem path, as shown in our example, or an Internet URL to a GitHub repository....