Exploring Test-Driven iOS Development with Jon Reid

Semaphore Uncut

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Jon Reid, leading expert in unit testing and test-driven development (TDD) for iOS, talks about the importance of shaping production code in response to tests.

Jon is a Technical Agile Coach and the author of iOS Unit Testing by Example, XCTest Tips and Techniques Using Swift book.

Key takeaways:

• From Objective C to Swift
• Rapid test-driven development in iOS
• Fewer end-to-end, more unit-tests in iOS
• The real meaning behind the Testing Pyramid
• F-I-R-E: Understanding unit testing dependencies
• Test-Driven Development as a practice
• Bringing yourself to your code

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