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Being perfectionists, we took the best from what we think is the best: power of Play Framework and simplicity of Express.js

Swift Express is an asynchronous, simple, powerful, yet unopinionated web application server written in Swift

Usage

Create new project

This one creates a brand new initialized project, ready to use out of the box.

swift-express init YourProject

swift-express init has a few optional parameters:

• --template git-url allows specifying the project template git URL. Defaults to https://github.com/crossroadlabs/ExpressTemplate.git.
• --path path/to/dir specifies where to create the application. Defaults to the current directory.

Initialise project dependencies

To download and build project dependencies call bootstrap command:

swift-express bootstrap

Optional parameters:

• --spm use Swift Package Manager instead of Carthage. Is default on Linux.
• --carthage use Carthage as package manager. Is default for OS X. Not available on Linux.
• --fetch fetch dependencies without building. Default is false. Always true for SPM as it has no separate build dependencies option.
• --no-refetch build dependencies without fetching. Default is false. Always false for SPM.
• --path path/to/the/app can be used outside the app's folder explicitly specifying the path to the app.

Update project dependencies

To update project dependencies according to Cartfile or Package.swift call update command:

swift-express update

Optional parameters:

• --spm use Swift Package Manager instead of Carthage. Is default on Linux.
• --carthage use Carthage as package manager. Is default for OS X. Not available on Linux.
• --fetch fetch dependencies without building. Default is false. Always true for SPM as it has no separate build dependencies option.
• --path path/to/the/app can be used outside the app's folder explicitly specifying the path to the app.

Build project

Command line build interface for Swift Express projects.

swift-express build

Build configuration can be specified like this:

swift-express build release

Default configuration is debug

Optional parameters:

• --spm use Swift Package Manager as build tool. Is default on Linux.
• --xcode use Xcode as build tool. Is default for OS X. Not available on Linux.
• --dispatch build with Dispatch support. Is default on OS X.
• --force force rebuild. Essentially cleans before building.
• --path path/to/the/app can be used outside the app's folder explicitly specifying the path to the app.

Run the app

Command line interface for running Swift Express apps.

swift-express run

Build configuration can be specified like this:

swift-express run release

Default configuration is debug

Optional parameters:

• --spm run app built by Swift Package Manager. Is default on Linux.
• --xcode run app built by Xcode. Is default for OS X. Not available on Linux.
• --path path/to/the/app can be used outside of the app's folder explicitly specifying the path to the app.

Print help

This one prints short documentation for all the commands available.

swift-express help

Also can print short documentation for command

swift-express help bootstrap

Installation

Please refer to the main Swift Express article here: https://github.com/crossroadlabs/Express/blob/master/doc/gettingstarted/installing.md

Changelog

• v0.2: Swift Package Manager support.
• v0.1: Initial Public Release

Contributing

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by Crossroad Labs