Eric Wolak
I'm starting to wonder if #Swift is my next favorite language. High-level enough to be productive for writing applications, excellent type system, and reasonably fast. If only the server-side story were less sparse 😢
Jan 30, 2023 at 5:23amWeb
Show threadSven A. SchmidtJan 30, 2023

@ericthewolak I’ve been doing server side #Swift for years now and I find the experience delightful. Have a look at this new site for resources if you don’t know it yet:

https://www.areweserveryet.org/

#SwiftLang #SwiftServer

Are we server yet? | AreWeServerYet

Are We Server Yet - or AWSY for short - tries to answer the question: Can I use Swift on the server (yet)?

AreWeServerYet
Show threadEric WolakJan 30, 2023
@finestructure how do you survive the lack of a rich package ecosystem like npm or Rubygems?
Show threadSven A. SchmidtJan 30, 2023

@ericthewolak So far I’ve found all I needed! There aren’t five variants of everything but there typically are entries for things I need, and in good quality.

Edit: typos

Show threadSven A. SchmidtJan 30, 2023
@ericthewolak And specifically, our project @SwiftPackageIndex is the place to go to find those packages! You can search for `platform:linux` if you have those needs and the whole project is an open source #serversideswift project (see link to GH in the footer).