Unit Testing iOS Applications with Xcode 4

Unit testing increases productivity and raises code quality. In this course, author Ron Lisle explains installation and effective use of unit testing tools and techniques for iOS projects, to ensure more stable, functional apps. An example application is provided to demonstrate testing and as the course progresses, developers are shown how to tackle the increasingly complex problems encountered when unit testing iOS development projects.

Topics include:
What is unit testing?
Comparing the unit testing frameworks for iOS
Using unit testing in the refactoring workflow
Writing a unit test with OCUnit
Writing GHUnit tests
Debugging product code with unit tests
Using mock objects
Testing iOS ViewControllers
Testing iOS notifications
Testing gesture recognition

0. Introduction2m 46s
Welcome 1m 7s
What you should know 31s
Using the exercise files 1m 8s

1. Unit Testing Concepts9m 55s
What is unit testing? 49s
Understanding different types of testing 51s
Why unit test? 1m 42s
Understanding how to unit test 1m 9s
Working with unit testing frameworks for iOS 1m 48s
Understanding test-driven development 1m 35s
Understanding the use of unit tests in refactoring 1m 27s
A summary of unit testing concepts 34s

2. Getting Started with OCUnit Tests45m 46s
What is OCUnit? 2m 17s
Using OCUnit with Xcode 4 vs. Xcode 3 1m 46s
Including unit tests in a new project 2m 37s
Adding unit tests to an existing project 2m 19s
OCUnit: application tests vs. logic tests 6m 28s
Writing a logic unit test 9m 17s
Understanding the rules for writing good unit tests 4m 30s
Writing an application unit test 12m 1s
Exploring Xcode dependencies and schemes 4m 31s

3. Getting Started with GHUnit Tests36m 38s
What is GHUnit? 1m 36s
Adding GHUnit to a project 6m 52s
Writing GHUnit unit tests 5m 12s
Looking at asynchronous tests 12m 18s
Testing an API with GHUnit asynchronous tests 10m 2s
A summary of GHUnit 38s

4. Debugging Unit Tests11m 27s
An overview of debugging 1m 29s
Debugging OCUnit tests 3m 17s
Providing debug info in STAsserts 1m 55s
Debugging GHUnit tests 2m 16s
Debugging product code using unit tests 2m 30s

5. Using Mock Objects23m 28s
What are mock objects? 3m 20s
Installing OCMock 2m 13s
Creating OCMock stubs 4m 28s
Expecting and verifying calls to a mock 5m 20s
Exploring OCMock partial mocks 3m 58s
Reviewing unit test coverage for an existing class 4m 9s

6. iOS-Specific Examples45m 30s
Forming an iOS unit testing strategy 3m 21s
More on OCUnit application testing 3m 16s
Setting up a ViewController for testing 3m 27s
Testing ViewControllers 6m 55s
Testing notification generation 3m 48s
Testing notification handling 5m 9s
Testing notification registration 4m 6s
Testing singletons 3m 46s
Testing gesture recognizers 6m 32s
Analyzing code coverage with CoverStory 5m 10s

7. Conclusion1m 31s
Where to go from here 1m 31s