EBay "Development Programmer Board for ATtiny" Has anyone tried these? Does the ATtiny have a bootloader? What software is used to program the chip? Arduino compatible? 

Looks a lot more convenient than programming the ATtiny via an Uno. 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/201536595756

/Ola
If you don't have experience working with AVRs at a low level then stay away from that. It doesn't provide any connection for a programmer and relies on the Micronucleus bootloader already being in place.

If you really want to experiment with ATtiny development then go with either an Adafruit Trinket or a Digistump Digispark (both of which already have Micronucleus loaded), or get an AVR programmer and (optionally) a ATtiny13/25/45/85 development board that includes a 6- or 10-pin programming header