##Swift 2.0
Swift will open source by the end of the year. This will open new markets and ecosystems for swift developers. The focus seems to be in supporting server side Linux. This would enable server side platforms, API tiers and ecosystems to be written in Swift and possibly share code ( similar to how many companies use and share POJO's for both the Android and server side Java code bases ). It seems very likely that a server side Swift framework and platform will emerge in the same way Serverside Node.js JavaScript came from client side JavaScript.
The Language continues to improve and progress with lots of updates and additions: Enums, Scoping, @testable , Rich commenting, SIMDI optimizations, Reflection (via Mirrors API), guard , #available keyword, Error handling, Defer Actions, and Protocol Extensions. Protocol Extensions will possibly have a significant impact on how code is architected in the future ( and as far as I know is Swift only). The progress of the Swift language w