I find that I used to do most of my work without nibs and do it in loadView. In recent releases I've been using xibs for a lot of the base layout and doing the

I find that I used to do most of my work without nibs and do it in loadView. In recent releases I've been using xibs for a lot of the base layout and doing the rest in viewDidLoad. 99% of the time you can create most of your interface in IB and save yourself a bunch of time and make it more maintainable.