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Can you use Swift as a web programming language? [closed]

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Could you technically use Swift as a programming language for building a website / web app?

Update: Looks like a lot of people are working on this.

  • https://github.com/PerfectlySoft/Perfect
  • https://github.com/glock45/swifter
  • https://github.com/grzegorzleszek/HTTPSwiftServer
  • https://github.com/izqui/Taylor
  • https://github.com/crossroadlabs/express
  • https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura
  • https://github.com/vapor/vapor

Official support from Apple: https://swift.org/server-apis/

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Brian Weinreich Avatar asked Jun 16 '14 02:06

Brian Weinreich

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In theory, of course.

Any program that can output plain text can also be used for CGI(Common Gateway Interface) which includes Swift as well.

Therefore, yes, you can use Swift for web programming. However, currently, there are no additional libraries(like there are in PHP or EJB/JSP) to make this process easy for you. Take a look at some popular web frameworks for Swift such as Vapor.

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CommanderHK Avatar answered Oct 11 '22 19:10

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