Quick start guide, tips and tricks for new Swift programmers like me (1 Viewer)

I'm currently digging in to Swift, thought I'd take the opportunity to keep track of resources I have found useful so that others might benefit as well.

https://developer.apple.com/swift/ (Main home)

Official docs:
-Web based:
https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/index.html
-iBooks:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-programming-language/id881256329?mt=11
-Unofficial PDF:
http://dropcanvas.com/jtzr6

Quick start guides:
http://ios-blog.co.uk/tutorials/developing-ios-apps-using-swift-part-1/
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3031400/whats-new-and-different-about-apples-new-swift-programming-language

Flappy Bird built entirely in Swift, good start for casual game dev:
https://github.com/fullstackio/FlappySwift

Reddit community:
http://www.reddit.com/r/swift

The NDA has changed in a pretty great way.
http://oleb.net/blog/2014/06/apple-lifted-beta-nda/

When does it go public? I'm interested but don't pay for the dev program.

At 10.10 launch presumably

Makes sense. I was hoping the new Xcode wasn't tied to 10.10

I've done a little doodling in Ruby because it's easy and standard issue in OS X. It's nice because all you need is TextMate, maybe a Terminal window. You get fast results. The downside is there's no graphics or UI ability on the Mac. I'm hoping Swift plus the new Xcode will be suitable for Ruby-esque dabbling with the benefit of easy GUI or graphics, but without the overhead of Obj C or needing to create full-bore projects.

Well there is Swift for Mavericks but it's beta only. I can't see a reason why it couldn't be released as production before Yosemite goes live except that I expect this year's iPhones will require iOS 8 and launch nearly the same time Yosemite does

Neat:http://www.slideshare.net/giordano/a-swift-introduction-to-swift

Beta open to all
https://developer.apple.com/swift/resources/

Clarifying note: requires joining the free developer program.