Introduction to XCTest

Episode #328 | 14 minutes | published on March 8, 2018 | Uses Xcode-9.2

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XCTest is a test framework built into Xcode. In this episode we'll see the mechanics of how this works, how your test bundle sits alongside your app in Xcode. We'll look at the structure of test cases, and the assertions we will use to verify behavior of our code.

This episode is part of a series: Testing iOS Applications.

1. Intro 1 min

2. Introduction to XCTest 14 min

3. Adding XCTest to Existing Projects 6 min

4. Using XCTest in Playgrounds 4 min

5. Value Based Testing 4 min

6. Mocks and Stubs 17 min

7. Testing Asynchronous Code 4 min

8. CoinList: Testing a real API 21 min

9. CoinList: Stubbing Network Requests 27 min

10. How to Measure Test Coverage with XCTest 18 min

11. Refactoring Tests - Using #file and #line to indicate failure location 10 min