Functional Programming - Craft Edition 2017
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Venue opens gates at 5:30 pm, and Rob's talk about Swift starts at 6 pm. We'll have a second talk presented by Adam Granicz about F# web abstractions, then we'll have time for some friendly discussions, networking, drinks and bevarages. Hope to see a lot of you!
Rob Allen: Swift on the Server
Apple's Swift programming language is now interesting with Swift 3 as it is Open Source and runs on Linux. It has been used to write apps for iOS and macOS for years and is now in production on the sever. Why are people interested in Swift? Primarily because it's modern, fast, concise, strictly typed with clean, readable syntax. With key features such as Optionals and an immutable-by-default philosophy, Swift is perfect for server-side APIs.
This session will introduce you to Swift, how it works on the server and show you to build HTTP APIs that can be deployed to the cloud.