This document introduces Kitura, a new modular web framework written in Swift. Kitura allows Swift developers to write backend server code and deploy it to Linux and cloud environments, enabling full stack development with a single programming language. Key features of Kitura highlighted include routing, middleware, static file serving, and JSON parsing. The document demonstrates a simple "Hello Kitura" app and invites collaboration on Swift development for the cloud.

1. Introduction to Kitura
Swift Hong Kong July 2016 Meetup
Beyond Modernization

2. Who am I? Patrick CS Fan
• CEO & Co-Founder of beNovelty Limited
• Founded in 2015
• Cloud & Mobile Solutions
• Featured Speaker on AWS Lambda @ AWS Re:Invent2015 HK Recap
• Former IBM Senior Architect
• Apple & IBM Partnership
• IBM Redbooks Thought Leader (Mobile Enterprise) - 2014
• Slides Credit
• Swift@IBM Team
• Disclaimer: Opinions are my own

3. My Journey

4. Modern Development Experience
Application-specific
Backend
Other Cloud Services
On-prem Services
End Users
User-facing Client Apps
Developer Experience

5. Full Stack Development with Swift?

6. New Client-side Development Community
6
Hybrid / Web App Development
NodeJS Attracted Web-based
Developers to the Cloud
Swift App Development
Swift on the Server can attract Swift-
based Developers
>11 Million Apple
Developers

7. Swift Runtime (3.0 Changes)
Apple Client Deployment Server/Cloud Deployment
Application-Specific Cloud ServicesClient Facing App
Foundation
Swift
Swift Standard Library
DispatchPWQ
C libs
GLibc
Foundation
Swift
Swift Standard Library
Core Foundation
Dispatch
Darwin
C libs
Client-specific Libraries App Libraries Server-specific LibrariesApp Libraries
• New Swift API
for Dispatch
• New Swift API
for Foundation
Swift Code Obj-C Code C Code
Core Foundation

8. Isomorphic Swift Code
Swift Package
Swift Client APIs
Deploy
Kitura Server Projects
Deploy
Swagger REST API
Generate

9. Kitura Web Framework
What is it?
• New, modular, package-based web framework written in Swift
Why is this cool?
• Empower a new generation of native mobile developers to
write and deploy code into the Cloud.
Developer Benefits ?
• Delivers core technologies needed to stand up enterprise
apps on the server
• Enables developers to create a web application in Swift and
deploy these servers on Linux and the Cloud.

10. Kitura Development Environment
• Docker Development Environment
• Ubuntu image
• Vagrant Development Environment
• Linux
• MacOS

11. Kitura Development Environment (macOS)
• Requirements
• Xcode 7.3.1
• Swift 3 Preview Compiler
• Supported version (as of today)
• swift-DEVELOPMENT-SNAPSHOT-2016-06-06-a

12. Kitura Features Highlights
• Design was inspired by Express.js
• URL routing (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• URL parameters
• Static file serving
• JSON parsing
• Pluggable middleware

13. Hello Kitura!
• Demo
• https://github.com/PatrickCSFan/Kitura-Sample

14. Swift on Cloud? What is next?

15. Open for Collaborations
Contact me at
fancs@beNovelty.com
Patrick CS Fan@PatrickCSFan PatrickCSFan