Can Swift Replace Bash (for Scripting)? |

In iOS and macOS projects, I often deal with some sort of setup or maintenance scripts written in Bash. But because it is so different from Swift-my primary programming language-I don’t feel very confident working with Bash. In this video, I explore scripting in Swift: turns out, it’s a pretty good alternative suitable for most use cases.
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Links:
• Scripting in Swift basics: rderik.com/blog/using-swift-f...
• FileManager documentation: developer.apple.com/documenta...
• FileManager basics: nshipster.com/filemanager/
• Swift extension for VS Code: marketplace.visualstudio.com/...
• Homebrew on Linux: docs.brew.sh/Homebrew-on-Linux
Chapters:
• 0:00 Intro
• 0:56 What’s Wrong with Bash?
• 2:11 Where You Can Use Swift Scripts
• 2:54 Swift vs. Bash for Scripting
• 4:00 Environment Setup
• 6:13 Basic Operations: Printing, Reading Input, Calling Functions, etc.
• 9:14 Calling Other Commands
• 14:23 Reading and Writing Files
• 16:51 Two Forms: Interpreted and Binary
• 19:16 Summary
• 19:35 Outro
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[@chovuse]

Nice tutorial on swift scripting. !
But even with a 27 inch monitor , I have difficulty to see the syntax text.
Please make the syntax text larger. Many Thanks.

[@SwiftBird]

Noted! 🙌🏻

[@akbar.n]

Excelent.

[@SUNNofODIN]

0:59 "Lets talk about whats wrong with bash" ....*held my breath with antici-*.... "To be fair to it, nothings really wrong" ...*-pation**dramatic exhale*....

[@SwiftBird]

When you start writing a video, you never know how it’s gonna end 😂

[@oglothenerd]

My problem with Swift and why I won't even try it is because it is basically only for MacOS. Kind of like how C# is only for Windows. Sure, you could run it on other platforms, but it isn't going to be as smooth most of the time.