Helpful CocoaPods

The classic and helpful AFNetworking
Github - CocoaPod pod "AFNetworking", "~> 2.0"

The robust and powerful JSON data network restful RESTKIT
Github - CocoaPod pod 'RestKit', '~> 0.24.0'
                                # Testing and Search are optional components
                                pod 'RestKit/Testing', '~> 0.24.0'
                                pod 'RestKit/Search',  '~> 0.24.0'

The nice JSON to/from NSDictionary template MANTLE
Github - CocoaPod  pod 'Mantle', '~>2.0.2'

The pretty much required facebook 1 2 3
Github - CocoaPod 'FBSDKCoreKit', 'FBSDKLoginKit', 'FBSDKShareKit' .

The ever helpful image downloader and cacher SDWebImage
Github - CocoaPod pod 'SDWebImage', '~>3.7'