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Sneaking Swift into a Windows App, Website, and Backend

Swift is increasingly viable for sharing code across platforms. Recently, we started using Swift code in our Windows app, web app, and backend… and nobody noticed! Hear about how this was possible, what we’ve learned, and whether we think this is even a good idea in the first place. Don’t expect a dramatic story about how the whole app was rewritten from scratch. Instead, we’ve taken a slow and steady approach: for now, a single feature is powered by Swift. Come learn how the Swift code you’re already writing could be more useful than you thought.

About the presenter

Will is from Melbourne and has been building iOS apps for over 10 years. He currently works as a software engineer at Drawboard and also builds his own apps, such as PhotoShade.