In this chapter, we have covered open source Swift and its components and learned about the advantages of using Swift in server-side development. We have also reviewed three top server-side Swift frameworks: Vapor, Kitura, and Perfect, and explained how to choose a suitable Swift web framework for your own project. The background material in this chapter helps prepare you for hands-on server-side development. In the next chapter, you will roll your sleeves up and install both Vapor and Kitura frameworks on your system.
Hands-On Server-Side Web Development with Swift
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Overview of this book
This book is about building professional web applications and web services using Swift 4.0 and leveraging two popular Swift web frameworks: Vapor 3.0 and Kitura 2.5. In the first part of this book, we’ll focus on the creation of basic web applications from Vapor and Kitura boilerplate projects. As the web apps start out simple, more useful techniques, such as unit test development, debugging, logging, and the build and release process, will be introduced to readers.
In the second part, we’ll learn different aspects of web application development with server-side Swift, including setting up routes and controllers to process custom client requests, working with template engines such as Leaf and Stencil to create dynamic web content, beautifying the content with Bootstrap, managing user access with authentication framework, and leveraging the Object Relational Mapping (ORM) abstraction layer (Vapor’s Fluent and Kitura’s Kuery) to perform database operations.
Finally, in the third part, we’ll develop web services in Swift and build our API Gateway, microservices and database backend in a three-tier architecture design. Readers will learn how to design RESTful APIs, work with asynchronous processes, and leverage container technology such as Docker in deploying microservices to cloud hosting services such as Vapor Cloud and IBM Cloud.
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Introducing Server-Side Swift
Getting Started with Vapor and Kitura
Building Your First Web App
Debugging and Testing
Setting Up Routes and Controllers
Working with Template Engines
Bootstrapping Your Design
Employing Storage Framework
Adding Authentication
Understanding Technologies for Web Services
Designing for API Gateway
Deploying to the Cloud
Developing an iPhone Client
Developing Microservices
Vapor Boilerplate Project
Kitura Boilerplate Project
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