Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool

Saleem Abdulrasool joins us to chat about bringing Swift to Windows. We get into server-side Swift, SwiftWin32, Swift's C++ interop, and how to get started yourself.

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Porting by a 1000 Patches: Bringing Swift to Windows (2019 LLVM Developers' Meeting) - YouTubeSwift/Win32 - A Windows application framework for Swift - GitHubSwift/COM+ - GitHubSwift/WinMD - Windows Metadata Parser in Swift - GitHubSwift/WinRT - Swift Projections for WinRT - GitHubDXSample - Sample Program for DirectX 12 + Swift - GitHubvigil - A caffeinate-inspired power management tool for Windows - GitHubswift-winrt - Swift Language Projection for WinRT - The Browser Companyswift-winui - Swift Language Bindings for WinUI3 - The Browser CompanyInstall Swift on Windows - Swift.orgRelated Episodes

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(00:00) - Why Swift on Windows

(08:40) - Command Line Tools, PowerShell & WSL

(16:35) - Server-Side Swift & Building Desktop Apps

(24:46) - The History of Windows UI Frameworks

(33:15) - Getting Started with Swift on Windows

(41:32) - Interop, SwiftUI & Future Plans

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