Script Snippet: Swift Packages

Within these castle walls be forged Mavens of Computer Science ...

— Merlin, The Coder

Create a new Swift Package for an Executable

swift package init --type executable

You’ll see your login name, an at (@) sign, the name of the server (“codermerlin”), a colon (:), a tilde (~), and a $. This will be followed by a flashing block called a cursor. The cursor indicates where new characters will appear as you type. The cursor will continue to flash patiently as it awaits input. We’ll get back to the meaning of the tilde soon.

Remove the build artifacts of a Swift Package

swift package reset

Build a Swift Package in default debug mode

swift build

Build a Swift Package for debugging in lldb

swift build -Xswiftc -g

Build a Swift Package in release mode

swift build

Create a Library

swift build -Xswiftc -emit-library

Consume a Library

swift build -Xswiftc -I -Xswiftc ./.build/debug -Xswiftc -L -Xswiftc ./.build/debug -Xswiftc -lmyDynamicLib

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