After learning about microservices and Swift, it is now time to focus on the framework you will use. Choosing the right framework is an integral part of our stack. After Swift was open-sourced, a couple of frameworks emerged as solid choices for web development. In this chapter, you will explore the Vapor framework and why it was chosen for this book over other frameworks.
At first, we will look at the Vapor framework and why it stands out. We will explore the features Vapor offers and look at some code examples. Afterward, we will learn how other frameworks compare to Vapor.
The chapter is structured as follows:
- The Vapor framework
- Comparing Vapor to Kitura, Perfect, and Smoke
- Installing Vapor
- Vapor in action
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