Mobiconf 2018: Steffen D.Sommer, Nodes

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An iOS‑centric introduction to Vapor 3 that shows concrete code: a small jobs site built with SQLite, Fluent and Leaf, routes for POST create and GET list/detail, and asynchronous futures driven by SwiftNIO. Claims fewer runtime errors versus PHP and measurable speed gains in real services. Migrations are handled via model conformances, Xcode project regenerates from Swift Package Manager, and deployment uses Vapor Cloud (includes CLI deploy, staging/promote, Docker and rollback features) — the examples run locally and deploy successfully.

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1. 0:00Introduction to server-side Swift
2. 2:13History of Swift on server
3. 6:55Key changes in Vapor 3
4. 8:00Why choose Swift and Vapor
5. 14:17iOS vs backend development mindset
6. 20:04Building a Vapor app demo
7. 33:23Challenges and learning curve
8. 34:09Deploying Vapor applications
9. 35:38Vapor Cloud 2 features
10. 38:35Resources and closing

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