- Episode #211
- Aug 24, 2026
- 48m
- 53m
Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool
Swift on Windows with Saleem Abdulrasool
Saleem Abdulrasool joins us to chat about bringing Swift to Windows. We get into server-side Swift, SwiftWin32, Swift's C++ interop, and how to get started yourself.
Saleem Abdulrasool joins us to chat about bringing Swift to Windows. We get into server-side Swift, SwiftWin32, Swift's C++ interop, and how to get started yourself.
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Related Links
- Porting by a 1000 Patches: Bringing Swift to Windows (2019 LLVM Developers' Meeting) - YouTube
- Swift/Win32 - A Windows application framework for Swift - GitHub
- Swift/COM+ - GitHub
- Swift/WinMD - Windows Metadata Parser in Swift - GitHub
- Swift/WinRT - Swift Projections for WinRT - GitHub
- DXSample - Sample Program for DirectX 12 + Swift - GitHub
- vigil - A caffeinate-inspired power management tool for Windows - GitHub
- swift-winrt - Swift Language Projection for WinRT - The Browser Company
- swift-winui - Swift Language Bindings for WinUI3 - The Browser Company
- Install Swift on Windows - Swift.org
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Chapters
- (00:00) - Why Swift on Windows
- (08:40) - Command Line Tools, PowerShell & WSL
- (16:35) - Server-Side Swift & Building Desktop Apps
- (24:46) - The History of Windows UI Frameworks
- (33:15) - Getting Started with Swift on Windows
- (41:32) - Interop, SwiftUI & Future Plans
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