Is swift on the server growing
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Yes, Swift on the server is indeed growing. The session titled "Explore the Swift on Server ecosystem" at WWDC 2024 highlights several aspects of this growth. Swift is being used to power critical features across Apple's cloud services, handling millions of requests per second. The Swift Server Workgroup, established in 2016, plays a significant role in promoting the use of Swift for server applications and growing a healthy ecosystem. This workgroup focuses on defining and prioritizing efforts to address the needs of the server community, running an incubation process for packages, and promoting best practices.
Additionally, the session mentions that Swift's strong typing, optionals, and memory safety make it an excellent choice for writing robust and reliable distributed systems. Swift's concurrency features allow developers to write scalable and responsive server applications, which is crucial for handling highly concurrent workloads in cloud services.
For more details, you can refer to the session Explore the Swift on Server ecosystem (16:12).
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