The document discusses the 2016 Swift Summit, highlighting the flexibility of Swift for server-side development and the tools provided by IBM to facilitate cloud integration. It mentions the Kitura web framework and various IBM Cloud tools designed to streamline deployment and promote Swift usage. Additionally, it outlines the integration of cognitive services and APIs for enhancing mobile applications.

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Swift Summit 2016
Fireside Chat
Karl Weinmeister
Program Director, Swift@IBM Engineering
November 8th, 2016

2. Swift on the Server Means Flexibility
Architecture
Put the right logic in the right place
Skills
Solve more problems with
common concepts
Velocity
Staff teams from a deeper
pool of developers
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3. Swift@IBM solutions streamline the onramp to the cloud
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Kitura
Web framework leverages
libdispatch and Foundation
Swift Sandbox
Web tool to help with Swift
adoption and evolution
IBM Cloud Tools
For cloud deployment from
macOS
Package Catalog
To find the right SwiftPM
compliant packages
Swift Runtime
Quickly go from local code to
public URL

4. End-to-End Swift with Cognitive and 3rd Party Services
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Cloud ServicesiOS App App Mid-tier
/api/v1/restaurants
SpeechßàText
Conversation via Watson Services
Google
Places
Watson
Sentiment
Conversation Results
(Recommendations)
OccasionGenerator
Pull Reviews and
Gather Sentiment
with Watson