Full stack development with Swift and Vapor

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Argues that Swift is production-ready on the server, using Vapor 4 atop Swift NIO to build a REST backend; demonstrates a reminders app with shared models via a Swift Package, three route handlers (create, list, fetch), and type-safe migrations that handle dates with Codable. Claims typical service uses ~6 MB memory footprint, deploys on Ubuntu/Docker, cites companies using server-side Swift and an 80% cost improvement vs PHP for some migrations.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:30Audience participation
3. 2:00Backend and frontend teams
4. 3:10Apps
5. 5:30Why Swift
6. 6:40Javascript
7. 7:05What is Vapor
8. 8:22Why use Vapor
9. 10:35Why use Swift
10. 11:50Deploying Swift
11. 12:20is Swift ready for production
12. 13:55Companies using Swift in production
13. 15:40Demo
14. 16:35Packages
15. 21:25Routes
16. 27:35Date
17. 28:15Next steps

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