Episode Details

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.

Guest

• Saleem Abdulrasool
  • compnerd (Saleem Abdulrasool)
  • Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) - Fosstodon
  • Saleem Abdulrasool (@compnerd) / X

Related Links

• Porting by a 1000 Patches: Bringing Swift to Windows (2019 LLVM Developers' Meeting) - YouTube
• Swift/Win32 - A Windows application framework for Swift - GitHub
• Swift/COM+ - GitHub
• Swift/WinMD - Windows Metadata Parser in Swift - GitHub
• Swift/WinRT - Swift Projections for WinRT - GitHub
• DXSample - Sample Program for DirectX 12 + Swift - GitHub
• vigil - A caffeinate-inspired power management tool for Windows - GitHub
• swift-winrt - Swift Language Projection for WinRT - The Browser Company
• swift-winui - Swift Language Bindings for WinUI3 - The Browser Company
• Install Swift on Windows - Swift.org

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Chapters

• (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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