Weekly articles

About server side and iOS application development using Swift.

10 short advices that will make you a better Vapor developer right away

As a beginner server side Swift developer you'll face many obstackles. I'll show you how to avoid the most common ones.

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How to store keys in env files?

In this tutorial I'll show you how to save and load secret keys as base64 encoded strings using dotenv files in Vapor 4.

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Building stylesheets using Leaf

CSS preprocessors are extremely popular, but in Vapor 4 we can also use the Leaf template engine to render dynamic stylesheets.

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Table joins in Fluent 4

In this quick tutorial I'm going to show you how to join and query database models using the Fluent ORM framework in Vapor 4.

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Custom Leaf tags in Vapor 4

In this article I'm going to show you how to create some useful custom tags for the Leaf template engine, written in Swift.

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Websockets for beginners using Vapor 4 and Vanilla JavaScript

Learn how to create a websocket server using Swift & Vapor. Multiplayer game development using JavaScript in the browser.

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Building and loading dynamic libraries at runtime in Swift

Learn how to create a plugin system using dynamic libraries and the power of Swift, aka. modular frameworks on the server-side.

Swift

What's new in Swift 5.3?

Swift 5.3 is going to be an exciting new release. This post is a showcase of the latest Swift programming language features.

Swift

Sign in with Apple using Vapor 4

A complete tutorial for beginners about how to implement the Sign in with Apple authentication service for your website.

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The Swift package manifest file

This article is a complete Swift Package Manager cheatsheet for the package manifest file, using the latest Swift 5.2 tools version.

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Server side Swift projects inside Docker using Vapor 4

Learn how to setup Vapor 4 projects inside a Docker container. Are you completely new to Docker? This article is just for you.

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Modules and hooks in Swift

Learn how to extend your application with new functionalities using a loosely coupled modular plugin system written in Swift.

Design patterns

All about authentication in Vapor 4

Learn how to implement a user login mechanism with various auth methods using sessions, JWTs, written in Swift only.

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A generic CRUD solution for Vapor 4

Learn how to build a controller component that can serve models as JSON objects through a RESTful API written in Swift.

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The anatomy of Vapor commands

Learn how to build and run your existing Vapor apps using various command line arguments, flags and environments.

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5 reasons to choose Swift over Objective-C

When it comes to iOS development, one of the biggest questions is whether you should use Objective-C or Swift.

Swift

How to use middlewares in Vapor 4?

Learn how to create middlewares for a Vapor based server side Swift application to handle common routing functionalities.

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