Lynda - Learning Server-Side Swift with Vapor

Size: 1.70 GB | Duration: 1h 30m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Vapor is a popular open-source web framework that allows developers to create web apps and APIs in Swift. In this course, Ron Buencamino dives into using Swift on the server with Vapor. Ron covers how server-side Swift came about, and its importance, what the Vapor framework does, and how it compares to similar frameworks. He shows how to set up a local development environment, install open-source Swift and the Vapor framework, set up a web server, and even how to deploy to an external cloud service—Heroku—to host your final project.

Topics include:

* Reviewing the concept of server-side Swift

* Installing Vapor in a local environment

* Creating a new Vapor project

* Reviewing Vapor's built-in capabilities to interact with external services

* Registering and authenticating with the Dark Sky API

* Working with Leaf templates

* Setting up a Heroku account

* Using common troubleshooting techniques