Pre-Requisites:

If you have different versions of Xcode locally installed, you need to switch to Xcode 8.x. to use Swift 3.1

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/
sudo xcode-select -switch ~/PATH_TO_YOUR_XCODE_8/Xcode.app/

Install the Swift Server Generator:

1 . Ensure that you have Node.js 8.0 installed:

node —v

2 . Install Yeoman:

npm install -g yo

3 . Install Swift Server Generator:

npm install -g generator-swiftserver

Ensure you have CocoaPods installed

pod --version

Generate server template

yo swiftserver

Generate model

yo swiftserver:model

Create a model called "Creature" with the following attributes

attribute	type
name	string
picture	string

Open generated server project

open server_app.xcodeproj

• target settings : Run -> select 'server_app'
• start the server locally

Generated webpages

• http://localhost:8080/
• http://localhost:8080/swiftmetrics-dash/
• http://localhost:8080/explorer/

Use the generated iOS SDK in the iOS app

###(not mandatory)

• unzip server_app_iOS_SDK.zip and put it in the iOS app directory.
• Init cocoapod

pod init

• Edit the podfile :

# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project# platform :ios, '9.0'

target 'theServerSideSwift' do
  # Comment the next line if you're not using Swift and don't want to use dynamic frameworks
  use_frameworks!

  # Pods for theServerSideSwift
	pod 'Server_app_iOS_SDK', :path => "../server_app/Server_app_iOS_SDK"
end

• install Pods :

pod install

Generate the heroku app

heroku create --buildpack https://github.com/kylef/heroku-buildpack-swift.git

Deploy the server

Dont forget to create a Procfile in the root directory of the server_app

git init
heroku git:remote -a john-do-4242
git add .
git commit -am "deploy"
git push heroku master

Open you app

heroku open

Thanks ianpartridge and seabaylea