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Foundations of TDD in Swift and XCTest: The Principles

This course introduces Test-Driven Development (TDD) for Swift projects, covering the Red-Green-Refactor workflow, TDD mindset, and setup with XCTest. Learn best practices like SOLID principles and dependency injection, and explore TDD's impact on code quality and speed compared to traditional approaches.

Swift

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6 lessons

27 practices

4 hours

Programming, Algorithms, and Data Structures

Lessons and practices

Lesson 1: Introduction to Test-Driven Development with Swift and XCTest

Writing the First Test in TDD with Swift

Making the Test Pass in TDD with Swift

Refactoring the Sum Function in TDD with Swift

Lesson 2: Generalization in Test-Driven Development with Swift and XCTest

Writing a Failing Test for the Sum Function in Swift

Turning Red into Green: Implementing the Sum Function

Refactoring Unit Tests for Sum Function Using Parameterized Tests in XCTest

Lesson 3: Adopting a Test-Driven Development Mindset with Swift and XCTest

Writing a Failing Test for calculateTotal Function

Implementing the calculateTotal Function in Swift

Creating a Failing Test for Single Item in calculateTotal Function

Implementing Initial Functionality for calculateTotal Function

Refactoring the calculateTotal Function in Swift

Creating a Failing Test for Multiple Items in calculateTotal Function

Implementing the calculateTotal Function in Swift

Refactoring calculateTotal Function Using Reduce in Swift

Lesson 4: Setting Up a Swift Testing Environment with XCTest on Ubuntu

Exploring XCTest with User Class and Asynchronous Testing

Testing User Creation with XCTest

Refactoring Test Setup with setUp in XCTest

Grouping Email Tests with Separate Classes in XCTest

Testing Invalid Email Exception with XCTest

Testing Asynchronous User Fetching with XCTest

Lesson 5: Managing Dependencies in TDD with Swift and XCTest

Testing UserManager with Dependency Injection in Swift

Refactoring UserManager Tests for Clarity

Testing UserManager with Dependency Injection in Swift

Implementing Logging in UserManager with Dependency Injection

Refactoring UserManager Tests for Clarity in Swift

Lesson 6: Introduction to the AAA Pattern in TDD with Swift and XCTest

Refactor TaskList Test Suite Using AAA Pattern

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