Getting Started With Server Side Swift

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Builds a server with Vapor, using Swift packages or the Vapor toolbox, and demonstrates a Hello World plus a full CRUD backed by Postgres with migrations. Uses async patterns like eventLoopFuture and unwrap/flatMapThrowing, shows database models and HTTP request/response types, and wires up fluid drivers. Shows local testing with Docker, tunneling with ngrok, and deployment options via nginx supervisor or Heroku build packs.

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1. 0:00Server-side Swift intro
2. 1:27Why learn server-side Swift
3. 3:13Key differences for iOS devs
4. 5:20Swift Server Work Group libs
5. 7:48Vapor framework overview
6. 8:09Hello World app
7. 11:05First route
8. 12:09Parsing JSON
9. 13:53CRUD tools
10. 16:46PostgreSQL with Fluent
11. 18:52Database migrations
12. 21:01CRUD with Fluent
13. 23:08EventLoop futures
14. 27:01Deploying to cloud
15. 29:08Summary & next steps

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