Swift in the Cloud

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Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- About the Authors -- About the Technical Editor -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- IBM, Apple, and Swift -- Scope of This Book -- Chapter 1 Swift.org, the Open Source Project -- What's Included -- How to Get Involved -- Swift Evolution and Roadmap -- Binary Downloads -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 2 A Swift Sandbox in the Cloud -- The IBM Cloud Platform -- Getting Started -- IBM Swift Package Catalog and Sandbox -- Summary -- Chapter 3 A Basic Introduction to Swift -- Background -- Let's Get Coding! -- The Language Landscape -- Language Timeline -- Summary -- Chapter 4 The IBM Bluemix Buildpack for Swift -- Cloud Foundry Buildpacks -- Working with the IBM Bluemix Buildpack for Swift -- Examples of Using the IBM Bluemix Buildpack for Swift -- Using the Latest Code of the IBM Bluemix Buildpack for Swift -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Using Containers on Bluemix to Run Swift Code -- Docker Images for Swift -- Installing Docker -- Using Docker as a Development Tool -- Why Use Containers on Bluemix? -- Running Your Docker Image in the Bluemix Cloud -- High Availability in Kubernetes Clusters -- Binding Bluemix Services to IBM Containers -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Swift Package Management -- Swift Package Manager -- Swift Package Catalog -- Summary -- Chapter 7 Swift and Kitura for Web Applications -- Kitura -- Kitura and Data Access -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Serverless Programming with Swift -- Microservices and Serverless Computing -- Swift and OpenWhisk -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Over the Horizon: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Bringing Swift to the Server -- Expanding the Range of Swift -- Swift DevOps -- Summary -- EULA  Read more... Abstract: Write and run Swift language programs in the Cloud Written by the team of developers that has helped bring the Swift language to Cloud computing, this is the definitive guide to writing and running Swift language programs for cloud environment.  Read more...