Chapter 2: Understanding Server-Side Swift

Questions:

1. Why is it helpful that Swift is a native language?
2. What is the preferred operating system for server-side Swift applications at the moment?
3. What is SwiftNIO?
4. How does Docker help?
5. Name three of the added benefits of Swift 5.

Answers:

1. Because it is faster, more secure, and easy to deploy.
2. Ubuntu.
3. A network and streaming library, written in and for Swift.
4. Docker provides flexibility when hosting Swift applications.
5. Three benefits:
   1. Extensions
   2. Generic functions
   3. Protocols