iOS Boilerplate is a base for creating native iOS applications with support for 4.0+ versions of the operating system.

Right now, it is not a complete/true XCode template but an XCode project which makes developing easier for anyone who is looking to build a project by modifying and extending an already ready one.

The boilerplate includes helper classes and examples on:

• HTTP requests and an image cache (both in-memory and disk-based)
• UITableViews and UITableViewCells: fast scrolling, async images, pull-down-to-refresh, swipeable cells,…
• Maps and locations: directions between two points, autocomplete a location, etc.

And, there are few other projects already bundled including ASIHTTPRequest, JSONKit, SVProgressHUD and few others.

Delivering content in any media as quickly and easily as possible is a good decision to reach more readers.

iPad, with the popularity it has and being -also- considered as an ebook reader, is definitely one of them.

Baker is an open source HTML5 framework to publish ebooks for iPads with minimal effort.

In order to use the framework, HTML5 pages should be created with a fixed width of 768px.

For a temporary period, files should be named as 1.html, 2.html.. however, developers are working on the HPub format which will be more flexible.

There is a ready-to-use Xcode project provided where you can include the book, a custom icon and submit the final product to the App Store.

iPhone is rapidly mobilizing internet users & creating its own standards.

At the time this post is written, there are millions of iPhones in use & numbers are increasing really fast. So, it is becoming very hard to stay in-compatible with it.

There are 2 main ways to deliver your content / product into iPhone:

• As an application
• As a compatible website (can act like an application)

The major differences between them are, an application can use all the iPhone features (like sounds, movements…), work offline where a webpage cannot (technically yes but it is not functional) and an application can be sold / distributed via the iPhone store.

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iPhone Application Development Tools

Tools that are must when creating for iPhone like the SDK or the optional ones that you’ll find very handy.

iPhone Dev Center By Apple

The main & official source for creating iPhone applications. It provides great & very detailed information & iPhone SDK can be downloaded from here.

Free membership is required for reaching the content. To download development tools like Xcode & distribute your iPhone apps via the store, you need the pay for it.

PhoneGap

PhoneGap is an open source development tool and framework that allows web developers to take advantage of the powerful features in the iPhone SDK from HTML and JavaScript.

iPhoney – Free iPhone Web Simulator

iPhoney, powered by Safari,  gives you a pixel-accurate web browsing environment that you can use when developing web sites for iPhone. It’s the perfect 320 by 480-pixel canvas for your iPhone development

TestiPhone.com – Free iPhone Simulator

A web based application that enables you to test the look & dimensions of iPhone applications.

iUI

A very functional iPhone UI library. It aims to turn standards-based HTML into iPhone compatible interfaces.

To give an example: it transforms <a> tags into sliding interfaces rather then opening a new page. You can read the introduction of the author & see an example (digg for iPhone) created with it.

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