Good news for Apple developers: the Cupertino giant launched a bunch of new resources for its Swift programming language on Friday.
Announced at WWDC 2014, Swift is Apple's new programming language for iOS and OS X. Early response from developers has been positive, with many seeing Swift making it easier for new programmers to come to the iOS and OS X ecosystems.
Apple's Swift page includes a new Swift blog and updated resources for developers.
The Swift blog will offer behind-the-scenes glimpses at the design of Swift and will serve as the official home for news and tips and tricks. This is unusual, because it's one of the few times Apple has create a blog for any of its developer resources -- the WebKit project being the notable exception.
Apple has also updated its Swift resources page, including links to download the latest beta build of Xcode 6.
Xcode Beta open to all developers
Meanwhile, Xcode 6 beta 3 is available to all registered Apple developers. Basic developer registration -- which includes Xcode 6 access and access to other resources and documentation -- is free.
If you want to access the developer betas for iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, as well as the ability to submit apps to the App Store, you'll need to register for the iOS and Mac developer programs. Each membership is $99 a year.