With async/await landing last week and the leaps and bounds of the package manager over the last couple years, the ergonomics of using Swift for non-iOS work has gotten significantly better. Coupled with the built in safety and elegance of the language I think that, especially for server work, Swift is a very attractive option.
Shameless plug; for these reasons I built a Swift backend framework for fullstack iOS development[1] that we've been using it at my company while going through YC this summer.
It's been very powerful to have mobile and server in the same language and codebase and has helped us (native iOS backgrounds), move quickly.
With async/await landing last week and the leaps and bounds of the package manager over the last couple years, the ergonomics of using Swift for non-iOS work has gotten significantly better. Coupled with the built in safety and elegance of the language I think that, especially for server work, Swift is a very attractive option.
Shameless plug; for these reasons I built a Swift backend framework for fullstack iOS development[1] that we've been using it at my company while going through YC this summer.
It's been very powerful to have mobile and server in the same language and codebase and has helped us (native iOS backgrounds), move quickly.
1: https://github.com/alchemy-swift/alchemy