Skip to content

Server guides: building#31

Open
heckj wants to merge 7 commits intoswiftlang:mainfrom
heckj:server-build
Open

Server guides: building#31
heckj wants to merge 7 commits intoswiftlang:mainfrom
heckj:server-build

Conversation

@heckj
Copy link
Member

@heckj heckj commented Feb 19, 2026

Draft - adding "Building" server guide (migrating from www.swift.org)

resolves #19

@heckj heckj self-assigned this Feb 19, 2026
@heckj heckj added the status: drafting Content is being drafted label Feb 19, 2026
@heckj heckj marked this pull request as ready for review February 25, 2026 21:59
@heckj heckj added status: in-review Content is under technical review and removed status: drafting Content is being drafted labels Feb 25, 2026
This creates a challenge when you work on macOS and deploy to Linux servers.

You can use Xcode for development, but you need to produce Linux artifacts for deployment.
Swift provides two main approaches for cross-platform building.

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

Is it worth adding a section for VSCode dev containers?

Copy link
Member Author

Choose a reason for hiding this comment

The reason will be displayed to describe this comment to others. Learn more.

I added a section that links to https://docs.swift.org/vscode/documentation/userdocs/remote-dev/ to offer up Dev Container as an alternative to managing the builds within a container yourself.

That article probably needs some updating as well, as some of the examples are slightly dated, focusing on Swift 5.5

… and pointer to VS Code for building projects
@heckj heckj requested review from FranzBusch and adam-fowler March 2, 2026 14:12
…ncorrect reference in table about static vs. dynamic linking
… page, and reference the getting started article
@heckj heckj requested review from FranzBusch and sebsto March 2, 2026 15:08
@heckj heckj added the content migration Content originally housed in the swift.org under /documentation/articles label Mar 11, 2026
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

content migration Content originally housed in the swift.org under /documentation/articles status: in-review Content is under technical review

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

building ([current](https://www.swift.org/documentation/server/guides/building.html))

4 participants