Bow is a cross-platform library for Typed Functional Programming in Swift.

All documentation and API reference is published in our website. Some links to key aspects of the library:

• Higher Kinded Type emulation
• Type classes
• Data types
• Optics
• Effects
• Streams

Bow is split into multiple modules that can be consumed independently. These modules are:

• Bow: core library. Contains Higher Kinded Types emulation, function manipulation utilities, Typeclasses, Data Types, Monad Transformers, and instances for primitive types.
• BowOptics: module to work with different optics.
• BowRecursionSchemes: module to work with recursion schemes.
• BowFree: module to work with Free Monads.
• BowGeneric: module to work with generic data types.
• BowEffects: module to work with effects.
• BowRx: module to provide an integration with RxSwift.

There are also some modules for testing:

• BowLaws: laws for type classes in the core module.
• BowOpticsLaws: laws for optics.
• BowEffectsLaws: laws for effects.
• BowGenerators: generators for Property-based Testing for data types in the core module.
• BowFreeGenerators: generators for Property-based Testing for data types in BowFree.
• BowEffectsGenerators: generators for Property-based Testing for data types in BowEffects.
• BowRxGenerators: generators for Property-based Testing for data types in BowRx.

Bow is available using Swift Package Manager, CocoaPods, and Carthage.

Starting on Xcode 11, you can use the integration in the IDE with Swift Package manager to bring the dependencies into your project. You only need the repository URL: https://github.com/bow-swift/bow.git. For earlier versions of Xcode, create a Package.swift file similar to the next one and use the dependencies at your convenience.

// swift-tools-version:5.0

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "BowTestProject",
    dependencies: [
        .package(url: "https://github.com/bow-swift/bow.git", from: "{version}")
    ],
    targets: [
        .target(name: "BowTestProject",
                dependencies: [
                    "Bow",
                    "BowOptics",
                    "BowRecursionSchemes",
                    "BowFree",
                    "BowGeneric",
                    "BowEffects",
                    "BowRx"]),
        .testTarget(name: "BowTestProjectTests",
                    dependencies: [
                        // Type class laws
                        "BowLaws",
                        "BowOpticsLaws",
                        "BowEffectsLaws",

                        // Generators for PBT with SwiftCheck
                        "BowGenerators",
                        "BowFreeGenerators",
                        "BowEffectsGenerators",
                        "BowRxGenerators"])
    ]
)

To build it, just run:

$ swift build

You can consume each Bow module as a separate pod. You can add these lines to your Podfile at your convenience:

pod "Bow",                 "~> {version}"
pod "BowOptics",           "~> {version}"
pod "BowRecursionSchemes", "~> {version}"
pod "BowFree",             "~> {version}"
pod "BowGeneric",          "~> {version}"
pod "BowEffects",          "~> {version}"
pod "BowRx",               "~> {version}"

Testing laws:

pod "BowLaws",        "~> {version}"
pod "BowOpticsLaws",  "~> {version}"
pod "BowEffectsLaws", "~> {version}"

Generators for property-based testing with SwiftCheck:

pod "BowGenerators",              "~> {version}"
pod "BowFreeGenerators",          "~> {version}"
pod "BowEffectsGenerators",       "~> {version}"
pod "BowRxGenerators",            "~> {version}"

Carthage will download the whole Bow project, but it will compile individual frameworks for each module that you can use separately. Add this line to your Cartfile:

github "bow-swift/Bow" ~> {version}

If you want to contribute to this library, you can check the Issues to see some of the pending tasks.

Open Bow.xcodeproj in Xcode 11 (or newer) and you are ready to go. Bow uses the Swift Package Manager to handle its dependencies.

• Go to the root directory.
• Run nef compile --project Documentation.app to get all dependencies.
• Open Documentation.app and run the project.

For further information, refer to our Contribution guidelines.

You can create a new release by running bundle exec fastlane release version_number:. For example, bundle exec fastlane ios release version_number: "0.8.0".

The following steps would be run:

• Update the version in *.podspec files.
• Create a tag with message added in the CHANGELOG file.
• Deploy podspec files and make them publicly available.

Copyright (C) 2018-2021 The Bow Authors

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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

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