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This book is for people who have worked with Swift before, on any platform. As long as you have a basic understanding of Swift, you should get along alright. I'm assuming you are operating on a macOS system that is running the newest version and that Xcode 11 or newer is installed. It will be beneficial if you have worked with servers before, even if not Swift servers. Also, if you have worked with any databases before and have a foundational understanding of how relational databases operate, that will be helpful.

Important: This book was written while Vapor 4 was in alpha stage and later in beta. All of the code has been updated to work with the latest available version, however, as Vapor progresses into ...

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