The company has been building a small business content portal for many years, in addition to a strong website builder and tools to manage a website and marketing.

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Adobe creative tools including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Flash Builder, and Flex are being used for the design and development of the apps.

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Now developers will be able to use tools familiar to any OS X developer, such as Instruments, Xcode and Interface builder, alongside a new tool, the iPhone simulator, to craft applications.

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