Most people that follow WWDC keynotes are not developers, and are looking for new products or OS features. Most news sites do not list key developer things. There where several blips however that where not talk about in depth that where major things great for developers. In case anyone missed it, 3 things jump out as major developer wows.
First the release of Swift version 2.0 with many major improvements. Several are outlined here at apple swift blog
Second Swift is now open source, and will support Apples iOS, Mac and also Linux. With more platform support to come in the future. The source code will include swift compiler and standard library among other things.
Last and almost under the radar. The consolidation of Mac and iOS developer programs into one thing. Saving money for developers each year.
Saving money if you where like me and had to pay for both iOS and Mac developer programs annually for the past 5 years.
I still like to see for them to remove the annual fee altogether in the future. As Apple takes 30% commission from selling developers apps. That high commission should cover the fee for the program alone. As every other app store before Apple, only tock under 9% commission from selling developers apps.
Still it is a move in the right direction.
