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| Kitura | Vapor | |
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| 3 | 57 | |
| 7,608 | 23,198 | |
| 0.1% | 0.6% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 12 months ago | 1 day ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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Kitura
- Swift outside the Apple ecosystem
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Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones used in US; dominates global premium sales
There are server frameworks like Vapor or Kitura.
Vapor
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Swiftly Chatting: Building Chatbots with Botter
Botter works in tandem with Vapor, which handles the server-side functions of your project. This powerful combination allows you to focus on what matters most - creating an engaging and effective chatbot.
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Is it possible/straightforward to have a webserver baked in to an iOS app?
Otherwise there's https://github.com/vapor/vapor
- A Look at the Crystal Programming Language for Humans
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Most effective approach for building a client/server application (MacOS)
The Swift/Vapor project is a relatively easy way to do it.
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First contract, how much should I charge?
Opening this webpage (https://vapor.codes) cranks my CPU (5800x3d) to 100% instantly. Why?
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Swift outside the Apple ecosystem
Vapor is the most popular non-Apple-ecosystem Swift project. There have been a few others, but none particularly popular.
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Idea for small project? (without touching any UI)
Server-side apps (typically via Vapor)
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Why I selected Elixir and Phoenix as my main stack
My first option other than PHP was using Swift and Vapor. I have made some projects with iOS and Objective-C, maybe I could also learn Swift and create both native iOS apps and backends with the same language.
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Cheapest iOS <-> database architecture?
You could learn Vapor, I created a tutorial series for this, you write the backend API in Swift, rather than needing to learn another programming language
What are some alternatives?
Perfect - Server-side Swift. The Perfect core toolset and framework for Swift Developers. (For mobile back-end development, website and API development, and more…)
Alamofire - Elegant HTTP Networking in Swift
swifter - Tiny http server engine written in Swift programming language.
GCDWebServer - The #1 HTTP server for iOS, macOS & tvOS (also includes web based uploader & WebDAV server)
hummingbird - Lightweight, flexible HTTP server framework written in Swift
Zewo - Lightweight library for web server applications in Swift on macOS and Linux powered by coroutines.
Express - Swift Express is a simple, yet unopinionated web application server written in Swift
smoke-framework - A light-weight server-side service framework written in the Swift programming language.
Swifton - A Ruby on Rails inspired Web Framework for Swift that runs on Linux and OS X