Debugging takes time, can we speed it up?

A talk about debugging, great tools and tricks held at SwiftConf in 2015. Full resources available at: https://github.com/SwiftConf/presentation-legoless

Due to a bug in Keynote, some slides have some characters missing. See slide images on link above.

Transcript

1. DEBUGGING TAKES TIME
   Can we speed it up?
   Dal Rupnik
   

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2. HOW MUCH TIME
   DEBUGGING?
   DO WE SPEND
   

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3. DEVELOP
   DEBUG
   TEST
   How much time
   does it
   

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4. DEVELOP
   DEBUG
   TEST
   How much time
   does it
   

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5. DEVELOP
   DEBUG
   TEST
   How much time
   does it
   

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6. So, can we
   speed it up?
   

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7. YES!
   

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8. DOES APPLE DO
   ANYTHING ?
   

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9. OF COURSE.
   THEY DO A LOT!
   

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10. This year’s large update to developer tools from Apple. Brings
    many new features, including Swift 2.0, iOS9 SDK, 10.11 SDK,
    watchOS 2.0 SDK and more.
    Xcode 7
    

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11. TESTING
    Update to testing in Xcode 7
    Unit Testing
    Performance Testing
    User Interface Testing
    Code Coverage
    Crash Logs
    

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12. Each commit should be tested on a clean system that is
    integrated with your repository. We are immediately
    notified of any errors.
    CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION
    

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13. IS THIS ALL THAT
    IS OUT THERE?
    

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14. I THINK NOT!
    

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15. OPEN SOURCE
    solves
    15
    

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16. Xcode Plugins
    have
    16
    ALCATRAZ Is a simple, yet beautiful package manager for Xcode. Its features include discovery of the plugins, editor
    themes and file templates and installing them with a single click.
    Run and stop applications on all
    connected iOS devices with one
    command.
    Run Everywhere
    Control iOS device remotely
    from a window on Mac. Record
    macros and replay them.
    Remote
    Browse memory in realtime in a
    web view on your Mac. Even
    displays an object graph.
    XProbe
    

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17. Amazing TOOLS
    DEVELOPERS
    FROM MANY
    

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18. FACEBOOK
    INFER STATIC ANALYZER
    

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19. Super Debugger is the iOS wireless debugging system that allows
    you to sent messages to any object in your app.
    By Jason  Brennan @ Shopify
    Super Db
    

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20. Library that allows checking error logs and crashes
    inside application without external services.
    By Nick  Lockwood
    iConsole
    

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21. A remote debugging toolset that logs
    all network traffic on iOS devices.
    Pony Debugger
    By guys at Square
    

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22. View and modify almost every state in application.
    By Ryan  Olson @ Flipboard
    Flipboard explorer
    

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23. THANK YOU FOR
    YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS!
    

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24. WE SHOULD
    ALL CONTRIBUTE!
    

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25. Everyone should be contributing to
    Open Source. Including me and you.
    AND NOW YOU WONDER
    What exactly is my contribution?
    

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26. Alpha
    INTRODUCING
    

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27. HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
    it starts with an easy
    27
    

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28. WHAT IS ALPHA?
    a
    28
    Architecture is extensible to any  
    device or application.
    1
    Features are separated into multiple  
    plugins and can be excluded.
    2
    Easy and simple integration in the
    application without configuration.
    3
    Architecture Plugins
    Integration
    

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29. COMBINES
    MANY FEATURES
    

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30. FEATURES IN ALPHA
    features from
    30
    Inspect views in app and
    pinpoint layout issues.
    View Hierarchy
    Preview app’s files in
    sandbox.
    File system
    Inspect network
    connection calls.
    NETWORK
    

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31. Scroll through local
    notifications or received
    push notifications.
    Notifications
    Integrate with KZBootstrap,
    change build environments
    inside your application.
    ENVIRONMENTS
    Follow application events,
    such as transition to
    background state and back.
    EVENTS
    

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32. WHAT ABOUT
    Remote?
    

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33. github.com/legoless/Alpha
    TAKE A LOOK!
    

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34. ⋆
    Thank you!
    

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