Exploring models

As we have discussed in Chapter 2, Understanding Server-Side Swift, we are dealing with two types of models: database and input/output (I/O) models. We will now create both models and learn how to connect them to Fluent. This section will cover:

• Database models
• Connecting models to Fluent
• I/O models

Let's start with the database models.

Database models

Let's design and create our database models. We need them for Vapor to connect to the database and then return the information within those models.

As we are dealing with users and addresses, we need the following two database models, which we will cover in the next two sections:

• User
• Address

Let's start with the user!

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