Swift Package Index with Sven A. Schmidt
In this episode, Leo talks with Sven A. Schmidt, co-creator of the Swift Package Index. We talk about the challenges of supporting thousands of Swift Packages, dealing with metrics and site ops with Vapor, running CI for the site and the plethora of Swift packages as well as Apple Silicon support.
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- Episode 75 - Year of the Server with Tim Condon - Part 2
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- Episode 46 - Developer Community - Part 2
- Episode 45 - Developer Community - Part 1
- Episode 49 - Vapor 4 with Tibor Bödecs
- Episode 34 - Server-Side Swift with Tim Condon
- Episode 24 - Continuous Integration with Kyle Newsome
Related Links
- Arena
- Hummingbird
- Revisor (Xcode Extension)
- Swift Package Index
- Swift by Sundell #75 - The Swift package ecosystem
- Swift Packages - Dependency Management of the Future - Leo Dion
- The Swift Package Index Metadata File
- Shields.io - badges for your README
- MistKit - CloudKit support outside of CloudKit framework (i.e. Linux)
- Swift Metrics
- SwiftPrometheus
- Snapshot Testing by PointFree
- Ink by John Sundell
- Plot by John Sundell
- OrchardNest.com
- PointFree Ep 16: Dependency Injection Made Easy
- How To Control The World by Stephen Celis (from PointFree)
- Grafana
- Rester for Smoke Testing
- Running Docker on Apple Silicon M1 (persisted volume)
- Extend SwiftPM `PackageDescription` to introduce metadata
- Swift Package Continuous Integration Guide by Leo
- Virtualization Framework
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There's a lot of demand for apps right now, so it's a really great time to give it a try. It's easier than you think.
The guys who run it are indie devs who had a need and created a tool. 11 years later, it's an all-in-one platform for developers who want to get more downloads and make more money with their apps.
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Maintaining Swift Package Index
- Supporting Different Projects and Packages
- Dealing with Schemes and Docker Images
- Supporting Badges
Server Side Support
- Snapshot Testing for the web page
- Tracking Metrics and performance
- Setting up CI on Gitlab and Github Actions
- Making deployment easy
Future of SPI
- Dealing with Apple Silicon
- Running a Database Server on an M1
- README Support Here
- Improved Search Support
- Category Support
- More Metadata Support
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Creators and Guests
Host
Leo Dion
Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids
Guest
Sven A. Schmidt
Physicist & techie. CERN alumnus. Co-creator @SwiftPackages. Hummingbird app: https://t.co/2S9Y4ln53I