A couple days late with the news, but I have completed v0.1.0 of my first Objective-C library: BayeuxClient.

BayeuxClient is a client library that implements the Bayeux Protocol: a protocol designed to transport asynchronous messages between a web server and clients. One of the most common server-side implementations of this protocol is Faye.

At this point, BayeuxClient only supports communication via WebSockets, implemented using the excellent SocketRocket library. However, one of the major design goals of the Bayeux Protocol is the ability to swap out pieces. Locking into a single “transport protocol” (ie, WebSockets) kind of goes against this. So, in the future, if time allows, I may break out the WebSocket transport layer and implement support for other transports (HTTP long-polling, for example). We’ll see =)

In any event, this library is already being used in at least two production applications: one for OSX and the other for iOS. So, I feel fairly confident that it is “production ready”. It works on both OSX v10.7 (“Lion”) or higher, and iOS 5.0+. Though, it must be compiled with ARC support. It’s also available via cocoapods to make adding it to your project easier.