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Hands-On Server-Side Web Development with Swift

You're reading from Hands-On Server-Side Web Development with Swift Build dynamic web apps by leveraging two popular Swift web frameworks: Vapor 3.0 and Kitura 2.5

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789341171

Length 404 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Swift

Tools

Vapor

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Author (1):

Angus Yeung

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing Server-Side Swift FREE CHAPTER

2. Getting Started with Vapor and Kitura

3. Building Your First Web App

4. Debugging and Testing

5. Setting Up Routes and Controllers

6. Working with Template Engines

7. Bootstrapping Your Design

8. Employing Storage Framework

9. Adding Authentication

10. Understanding Technologies for Web Services

11. Designing for API Gateway

12. Deploying to the Cloud

13. Developing an iPhone Client

14. Developing Microservices

15. Vapor Boilerplate Project

16. Kitura Boilerplate Project

17. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Installing databases

At the time of writing, both Vapor Fluent and Kitura Kuery support three popular implementations of relational databases: PostgreSQL, SQLite, and MySQL. A relational database uses a fixed-data format specified in the database's schema, compared to a non-relational (NoSQL) database, which doesn't require a fixed-data format. A relational database is much faster and more proven.

Installing PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is the recommended native database driver for both Vapor and Kitura. The database is an open source project designed for enterprise use. PostgreSQL is designed for reliability, extensibility, and standards-compliance. Most cloud hosting services include PostgreSQL as one of the database...

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Authors (1)

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Angus Yeung works for Intel, and is responsible for the architectural design of backend cloud services for virtual reality sports broadcasting. He is also a computer science lecturer at San Jose State University. Prior to Intel, he held CTO and engineering director positions at several companies, including a start-up he founded in 2002. Angus' technical interests include mobile computing, distributed computing, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. He holds an BS, MS, and PHD in Electrical Engineering from Univ. of Rochester, and an MBA from UC Berkeley. Angus owns 18 pending and granted patents. Angus lives with his lovely wife and three handsome boys in Palo Alto, California.

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