Test Driven Development with Xcode

Test Driven Development is a great way to take your code to a whole another level. In this presentation, we'll talk about what is TDD, why TDD is awesome and how to do it in Xcode using Swift and XCTest

Presented at CocoaHeads LA - Testing Edition: http://www.meetup.com/CocoaHeads-LA/events/225155127/
Video: https://youtu.be/06-9Xsd8saA

Transcript

1. Test Driven Development Live in Xcode Master class with Alex Tamoykin
2. Holla It’s Alex Tamoykin
3. CTO @ ThinkAlike Check us out at http://thinkalike.us and tell me what you think
4. The book author http://StartProgrammingNowBook.com
5. Ping Pong Playa
6. What’s up • What’s TDD • Why TDD • How it’s done with Xcode
7. What’s TDD 1. Failing Test 2. Minimum amount of code to pass that test 3. Refactor
8. Why bother? 0 20 40 60 80 Today A month later In 2 months In 3 months
9. Benefits 1. Stable product 2. Lower management overhead 3. Easy to refactor 4. Tests are documentation 5. Better code quality • Easier to read • Easier to modify • Easier to maintain
10. Good For Shipping stable product
11. Not so good for Prototyping
12. How
13. –Linus Torvalds “Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”
14. What’s next • Apple promotes testing. (XCTest, UITesting, Xcode Server etc) • Just do it. It’s the best way to learn. • It will take some time.
15. Books
16. Internet https://www.objc.io/issues/ 15-testing/ http://iosunittesting.com
17. Recap • What’s TDD • Why • How
18. Keep in touch • Subscribe to my blog to learn more: • http://HowToProgramBetter.com • Follow me on twitter • @fsproru • and…
19. oops, wrong one
20. Cheers!