I wrote the following tools, and continue to use the Swift ones regularly. See which ones might help you.

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Baby Steps Timer

A bad piece of code you can use for refactoring exercises, originally created by David Tanzer. Can you add tests, and clean up the code?

  • Swift version
  • Objective-C version
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Bowling Game TDD Exercise

Learn Test-Driven Development by following the steps in this exercise, originally created by Robert Martin.


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  • Swift version
  • Objective-C version
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OCHamcrest

The Objective-C implementation of Hamcrest. It’s library of predefined matchers (which you can use in test assertions), and a framework for creating your own matchers.


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  • Objective-C only
  • Assertions on steroids
  • Matchers are designed to be composable
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OCMockito

The Objective-C implementation of Mockito. It supports creation, verification and stubbing of mock objects.


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  • Objective-C only
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TDD Paint by Numbers

A “Paint by Numbers” TDD exercise originally created by Jeff Langr. We have provided the tests for you, all disabled. Your job is to do the rest: make the tests pass, then make your code clean. Sample solutions are provided.

  • Swift version
  • Objective-C version
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Code Snippets

Test-Oriented Code Snippets

Code snippets to help you write test cases. Available to all new subscribers.

  • Swift
  • Objective-C
  • Xcode
  • AppCode
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ViewControllerPresentationSpy

Unit test alerts, presented view controllers, and dismissed view controllers.


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  • Swift
  • Objective-C
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XcodeCoverage

A simple way to generate reports of the Objective-C code coverage of your Xcode project. Generated reports include HTML and Cobertura XML.


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  • Objective-C coverage only
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XcodeWarnings

An xcconfig that enables lots of Xcode warnings.


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Custom XCTest templates

XCTest Templates

Apple’s template fills test suites with cruft. By contrast, these test suite templates are sleek. They contain a single failing test, nothing else.


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  • Swift
  • Objective-C
  • Also works in AppCode
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