# boctor/idev-recipes

Open source code for the idevrecipes.com blog

Repository: https://github.com/boctor/idev-recipes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/idev-recipes
Homepage: http://idevrecipes.com
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2014-04-23T15:32:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5752, "days_push": 4515, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2893, forks 896 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.536164+00:00)

## What it is
Companion source code for the iDevRecipes blog, which recreates interesting UI features and interactions from popular iPhone and iPad apps in Objective-C. It serves as a collection of small, self-contained iOS code examples for learning how apps achieve certain interface effects.

## Use cases
- learn how popular iOS apps implement custom UI effects
- find Objective-C code samples for table views and custom controls
- recreate an iPhone app interface feature
- study iOS animation and interaction techniques
- get example code for a blog tutorial on iOS UI

## When to choose
- you maintain or study legacy Objective-C iOS codebases
- you want to understand how classic iOS UI tricks were implemented
- you need historical reference material for pre-Swift iOS development

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Swift or SwiftUI project
- you need actively maintained, modern iOS UI libraries
- you require a supported license for production use

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, tutorials, web-development
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, ios-ui, code-examples, blog, deprecated, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- boctor/idev-recipes (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.536164+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:48:15.186830+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/boctor/idev-recipes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.536164+00:00, sha f607f532b1cb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.