Server API Development in Swift, Kitura, & Bluemix

Hours of Content: 20

Welcome to Server API Development in Swift, Kitura, & Bluemix.

Why take this course?

It can be tough learning many different languages for both front-end and back-end development. Why not make life so much easier and program everything in Swift? Here are a few reasons why you should learn Kitura with Swift:

1. You can build an API that supports all platforms (Firebase only supports iOS/Android - not tvOS or macOS)
2. You can become a full stack-engineer without having to learn another programming language
3. Knowing back-end API development will give you a competitive advantage in applying for jobs
4. You can build an API and database for your own app ideas
5. Lower learning curve to get a back-end up vs learning Node or Rails or Django or PHP

What you will learn

• Swift (if you don't know it already)
• Kitura (framework for building APIs and managing web requests)
• CouchDB
• IBM Cloudant Database
• IBM Bluemix
• How to deploy an API live on the Internet
• How to build an iOS app that communicates with your own API
• How to get your API to store and retrieve data from databases
• How to set up the tools for development on macOS and Ubuntu
• Working with CRUD operations
• REST API

Who is the target audience?

• This course is for iOS developers who want to build APIs in Swift
• This course is for new programmers who want to start learning APIs in Swift
• This course is for mobile developers who want to build a back-end API for their app

Requirements

• Own a computer with macOS or Ubuntu
• Basics Swift skills are helpful, but not required