TDD Resources for iOS

Mihai Fonoage

Sep. 04, 13 · Interview

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Below are a few resources I've found useful when doing TDD in iOS.

Books:

Test-Driven iOS Development - the only TDD book specific to iOS. It goes over implementing a fully functional iOS app using TDD, from the data layer all the way to the UI.
Working Effectively with Legacy Code - although not specifically geared toward iOS, this book is the authority on how to work with untested code (legacy code) and how to safely make changes to it, all by applying TDD.

Frameworks/Tools:

OCUnit (SenTestingKit) / XCTest - testing unit frameworks built directly into Xcode
OCMock - Objective-C implementation of mock objects. Provides features such as class mocks, stubs, protocol mocks, expect/verify and many more
OCHamcrest, OCMockito, Kiwi, GHUnit, Cedar - other unit testing tools that you might find useful
CoverStory / lcov - code coverage of your unit tests.

Articles/Tutorials:

Screencasts from NSScreencast - TDD-related screencasts
Intro to TDD for iOS part 1 and part 2 - taking a Tic-Tac-Toe game through the TDD process
OCMock and UIAutomation tutorials - writings about mocking objects and the UI Automation tool
iOS Unit Testing - dedicated website for iOS Unit Testing
Unit Testing iOS Applications - online course on unit testing iOS applications, covering OCUnit, GHUnit, OCMock, and how to test view controllers, notifications, singleton, and gesture recognizers
Testing View Controllers - technical article from objc.io around testing table views, table view controllers, data sources, and nib files
Testing Concurrent Applications - technical article from objc.io around testing asynchronous code

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