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Hands-On Swift 5 Microservices Development

You're reading from   Hands-On Swift 5 Microservices Development Build microservices for mobile and web applications using Swift 5 and Vapor 4

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789530889
Length 392 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ralph Kuepper Ralph Kuepper
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Preface 1. Introduction to Microservices 2. Understanding Server-Side Swift FREE CHAPTER 3. Getting Started with the Vapor Framework 4. Planning an Online Store Application 5. Creating Your First Microservice 6. Application Structure and Database Design 7. Writing the User Service 8. Testing Microservices 9. Product Management Service 10. Understanding Microservices Communication 11. Order Management Service 12. Best Practices 13. Hosting Microservices 14. Docker and the Cloud 15. Deploying Microservices in the Cloud 16. Scaling and Monitoring Microservices 17. Assessment Answers 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Vapor in Action

After you have installed Vapor and understand its basic principles, let's install the API template to get started. Run the following command:

$ vapor new FirstApp

This command is telling Vapor to download the most recent version of their API starter template. It's a preconfigured set of files that are a good starting point for API applications. Follow the given steps:

  1. Switch into the folder that contains FirstApp by typing the following:
$ cd FirstApp
  1. Now, let's create an Xcode project:
$ open Package.swift
  1. The preceding command will open the project for you automatically. You will now see the project and the structure you have learned about.
  2. To run a Vapor application in Xcode you must make sure that you are running the "Run" target. It might default to another one. To run correclty it should look like this:

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