Posts tagged “testing”

Emacs Complete: Feedback Loops in Emacs, Feedback Loops in Computing

If it is representable as text, it can be moved into Emacs. And if Emacs renders as text, it can be moved into other processes to interpret the result, like snapshot tests, e.g. for automated regression testing. The loop is fully closed.

Clickable Swift Testing Failure Messages in Emacs compile-mode

The swift test command-line invokation does not print unambiguous filenames for test failures, so we need to attempt to patch this from the console output ourselves like true hackers.

The Communication Tradeoff

As a software developer, I want to understand the code, so that I can implement changes for our users. How do we get there?

Developer Voices on Property-Based Testing Made Me Realize PBT’s Value

Maybe Kris Jenkins and Oskar Wickström made Property-Based Testing click for me. Here are my personal insights to maybe color you intrigued as well.

Async XCTest Assertion Helpers

The missing XCTAssert helpers that support async calls: AsyncAssertTrue(try await shouldSucceed())

XCTestExpectation via NSPredicate Is On a Slow Interval, Use This Instead

X-Oriented Programming, Using Functions or Classes?

Starting PHP Development in 2019: Project Setup and Dependencies

Variable Name Conventions in Tests

Finding the Field Editor in UI Tests

Being Afraid to Change a Working App

Replacing More Reference Objects with Value Types

Find Swift Classes from Objective-C Tests

One Way to Solve Inexplicable Race Conditions in Tests

Lifting Into a New Type: My first "Idiomatic" RxSwift Unit Test

Tests Are Just Code, Too

How to Get Started with Swift: Write New Tests in Swift

How to Create Fixture Files for Unit Tests

How do You Really Mock Objects You Don't Own? You Replace Them with Adapters

Extract Private Functions as Collaborators

1 Criterion to Determine if You Should Write Unit or UI Automation Tests

Block-Based API vs. Delegates – a Comparison

Jiggle GCD Queues to Find Problems

Swift Protocol Extensions as Mixins – And How Do You Test That?

Testing Shorthand: Use a Subclass of the Real Object Under Test

How to Write Pragmatic, Testable Singletons in Swift

Refactoring Legacy Code: Replace Free Function in Tests, Even Swift's Own Functions

How to Write Unit Tests for Storyboard-based Buttons in Swift

Test doubles for Core Data managed objects might not work as expected

State of Mocking in Swift Tests

Save Your Butt in Unit Tests With Shallow Reaching