iOS Dev Tools & Techniques

There’s untapped potential in the tools you already use. And there are new tools to try—and old techniques as well! Boost your productivity by having computers do what they’re good at. This will free you, clever human, to do what you’re good at.

Xcode Tips

Xcode. For dev tools, it’s a good place to start.

WWDC21: What’s New in Unit Testing for Xcode 12.5

WWDC20: What’s New in Unit Testing

Why Is Random Order a Big Deal for Test Quality?

Xcode Warnings: Turn Them Up to Eleven!

Power Tools

Besides Xcode (or your IDE of choice), there are other power tools. Find ways to reduce busy work and increase your productivity.

How to Use SwiftLint for Clear, Idiomatic Swift

6 Simple Power Tools for Better Git Use

Techniques

Techniques are like tools for your mind.

Cheap Home Ergonomics: How to Avoid Injuring Yourself

Mental Block? Here Are 5 Tricks to Help Your Coding

AppCode

For SwiftUI or Storyboards, Xcode wins. But for all other coding, AppCode wins—especially for unit testing, TDD, and refactoring.

How to Set Up AppCode So It Doesn’t Beach Ball

Better TDD: The AppCode Advantage

AppCode vs. Xcode Unit Testing Battle

7 Cool AppCode Features that Support TDD

Suddenly, AppCode Is Dead. Now What?

iOS Unit Testing: The Definitive Guide

My book iOS Unit Testing by Example: XCTest Tips and Techniques Using Swift is the definitive guide to unit testing iOS apps. It covers foundational tools and skills, testing specific behaviors of iOS apps, and how to use the fast feedback from your tests.

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Other Dev Tools Articles

Here are other articles that aren’t listed in the groups above yet:

Learning Kotlin Showed Me the Truth About Xcode

Can OCMockito’s New Error Reporting Save You Time?

How to Rearrange Xcode Projects to Increase Testing

Code Coverage Fixed for Xcode 5.1

[Legacy] Flushing iOS 7 Code Coverage Data

How to Easily Measure Code Coverage in Xcode

Hamcrest: A Tool for Readable, Powerful Unit Tests

Don’t Use the Xcode 4 Unit Test Template

Xcode Unit Testing: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Jon Reid

Dev Tools: I’ll say more

Hi, I’m Jon Reid, the founder of this website and the consultancy Quality Coding, Inc. I’ll say more here about my philosophy of dev tools, stay tuned.

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