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Related Episodes

• Episode 8: Cloud and Backend Services For Apps
• Episode 34: Server-Side Swift with Tim Condon
• Episode 48: Alternative Backends with Kristaps Grinbergs

Related Links

• Vapor.Codes
• Vapor 4 Docs
• Vapor Discord
• Heartwitch - Uses Vapor WebSockets 
• WWDC 2020 is happening!
• Swift ArgumentParser
• Tibor Bödecs - What's New in Vapor 4?
• Tibor Bödecs - What’s new in Swift 5.3?
• Tim Condon - The Future of Swift on the Server
• Swift 5.3 Release Process and OS Support
• Leo's setup article for Vapor 3

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WWDC 2020?

• What are you most excited about?
• Will there be new hardware or IDE?

Vapor 4 Changes

• Updates to the Command API
• New Service Layer
• Updates with HTTP 2 with SwiftNIO 2
• How SwiftNIO2 does Futures and Promises
• Using PropertyWrappers with Fluent ORM
• Making Swift Package Manager work with you

Getting Started with Vapor

• Requires Linux or macOS with Swift 5.2
• Recent Support for Ubuntu 20, Amazon Linux, CentOS
• Using Vapor Toolbox vs just SPM
• Unit Testing with Separate Package 
• Structure of the App
• Getting Your Database Models Setup
• Using Push Notifications on Vapor and Sign-In With Apple
• Why Should You Consider Vapor?
• Where to Host Your App?

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