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Earlier this year, Swift reached a new milestone by having its first-ever devroom at FOSDEM. Here's a look back at how that finally came to be.

https://www.pwsacademy.org/posts/fosdem-2025.html

Our student-friendly Swift Setup instructions have been updated for @swiftlang 6.1.

Notable improvements include the use of the official Swiftly installer on Ubuntu and improved debugging on Windows, thanks to improvements in the Visual Studio Code extension.

https://github.com/pwsacademy/swift-setup

Wrapping up with a talk on distributed actors by @akbashev #fosdem2025

Continuing on with @slashmo talking about distributed tracing in Swift #fosdem2025

Next, @jakubflorek is sharing his experiences contributing to Swift #fosdem2025

Back to the server now with @mikaelacaron talking about Swift on AWS Lambda #fosdem2025

And now for something completely different, @david_swift is talking about building native apps for @gnome and Windows in Swift. #fosdem2025

Next up is Euan, talking about containerization. #fosdem2025

Staying on the server-side, Si and Honza are showcasing the Swift OpenAPI Generator. #fosdem2025

Who better than @0xTim to kick off the server-side Swift talks #fosdem2025

Quick lighting talk by @remko on building a cross-platform cryptography tool in Swift #fosdem2025

Amazingly cool demo by Rauhul, who built a ferrofluidic music visualizer in Swift #fosdem2025

Lily selling us on why Swift is the next big thing for IoT. We’re sold! #fosdem2025

First up is @ebariaux, blinking everyone to death with Embedded Swift #fosdem2025

Kicking off the first-ever #Swift devroom at #fosdem2025. Full house!

"Start with the customer experience, then work backwards to the technology"

An important reminder, and something that most tech companies have forgotten, including Apple itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcG6CpxKFnU

Student Showcase: Babeth Velghe

Babeth wrote her thesis on the Swift OpenAPI Generator and presented her findings at @swiftserverconf

Seeing her on stage was definitely the highlight of 2024!

https://www.pwsacademy.org/posts/babeth-velghe.html

Student Showcase: Marwane Koutar

Marwane interned at AWS with @sebsto and developed a Visual Studio Code extension for Swift on AWS Lambda

https://www.pwsacademy.org/posts/marwane-koutar.html

In 2024, two of our students were able to attend their first conference as a volunteer, thanks to @swiftcraft

Read their report here: https://www.pwsacademy.org/posts/swiftcraft-volunteers.html

Lightning Talk: Swift in Higher Education – Steven Van Impe – SwiftCraft 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rRWz9gJw0