Re:Ask HN: Will server-side Swift be succesful?
by elpakal on Sunday August 19, 2018 @04:56PM
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> Swift may not reach its full potential unless developers are less tied to a specific OS and editor/IDE
I agree if our context is in regards to Developer adoption relative to other web languages and platforms. I don't think however that Swift's server side ambitions right now fall there though - instead, to me, it aims to seek out Developers already using Xcode to give them an extra tool in the toolbelt.
I also think the reason you are suggesting Xcode is needed for server side development here is because of the Vapor framework and not Swift or the Swift compiler.
I agree if our context is in regards to Developer adoption relative to other web languages and platforms. I don't think however that Swift's server side ambitions right now fall there though - instead, to me, it aims to seek out Developers already using Xcode to give them an extra tool in the toolbelt.
I also think the reason you are suggesting Xcode is needed for server side development here is because of the Vapor framework and not Swift or the Swift compiler.