[swift-users] Server side swift application ?

[Honza Dvorsky]

Server-side Swift is not mature by any measure, but there are very vibrant
groups building a few competing solutions, outside the IBM group. I've
already built a low-importance, in-production server using Vapor
<https://github.com/qutheory/vapor>. There's another group called Zewo
<https://github.com/Zewo/Zewo> also building web frameworks and underlying
technology. In an attempt to make the quickly-emerging frameworks pluggable
into each other, these spec-like <https://github.com/open-swift> libraries
were created. Another collection of frameworks in nestproject
<https://github.com/nestproject>, which aims at standardizing the web
server/web application interface.

There are many more projects, but I've contributed to these three and there
are many very active people trying to create production-ready tools by the
time Swift 3 is released. Again, you can already build servers today, but
expect Swift and APIs to change frequently until Swift 3 drops. So if you'd
like to contribute, these might be a good place to start.

On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 10:09 PM Dru Satori via swift-users <
swift-users at swift.org> wrote:

> Fwiw, I already have some swift code deployed in my internal server
> clusters.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 1, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Basem Emara via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
> >
> > This is certainly possible even today. There are many vibrant
> initiatives in this space that make it usable. I wouldn’t use it in
> production for another couple years until the dust settles and gets battle
> tested in real-world production scenarios (think how long Node.js took to
> be adopted by enterprise companies). If Apple were to officially release a
> Swift server, it would definitely accelerate this process.
> >
> >> On May 1, 2016, at 10:48 AM, Raphaël Wach via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Swift programmers,
> >>
> >> I would like to ask for opinions or feedback about server side
> application with swift.
> >> Is it realistic to think about creating an application server with
> swift ?
> >> I would love to develop games with both client and server in Swift and
> get rid of any other technologies in my stack but I am not sure that it’s a
> good idea for now.
> >> I know that IBM started to allows server side Swift in their cloud
> though probably not many people use it for now as it’s a very recent work.
> >>
> >> So does that seem possible for you to develop, host and maintain a game
> server with Swift or should I keep using more common server side
> technologies like C++, Node.js… ?
> >>
> >> Hopefully, you can give me advices and help me to choose the best
> solution.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Raphaël
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