The document discusses IBM's support for the Swift programming language. It notes that Swift was originally introduced for Apple platforms but is now open source and supported on Linux. It highlights IBM's Kitura web framework for Swift, IBM Cloud Tools for Swift, the Swift Package Catalog, IBM Swift Sandbox online REPL, and resources for learning more about Swift on IBM Bluemix and developer.ibm.com.

1. Pushkar N Kulkarni, IBM Runtimes
Swift @ IBM

2. Swift - a modern native language
Eventual replacement for
Objective-C
Introduced for Apple
platforms only

3. Swift is fast growing!
“Most loved language
of 2015”
- StackOverflow
11M Developers

4. Open source Swift

5. Swift on Linux
Ubuntu 14, 15 and 16

6. Swift on Bluemix

7. Kitura – a Swift web framework
o Modular, package based
o Web framework and HTTP Server
o Open Source
o github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura
o Now available on Bluemix!

8. IBM Cloud Tools for Swift
o Supporting isomorphic programming
o Deploying and managing both client and server
apps
o Connects with Xcode

9. Swift Package Catalog
o Indexes ~1500 Swift packages on GitHub
o Based on Swift Package Manager
o https://swiftpkgs.ng.bluemix.net

10. IBM Swift Sandbox
o Online REPL
o Start learning Swift in a browser
o Supports Swift 3.0
o Good for simple prototyping
o https://swiftlang.ng.bluemix.net

11. Resources
 www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/bluemix/swift/
 www.developer.ibm.com/swift
 www.swift.org