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Mastering Swift 6 - Seventh Edition
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Mastering Swift 6 - Seventh Edition

by Jon Hoffman
August 2025
Intermediate to advanced
378 pages
8h 4m
English
Packt Publishing
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Swift Testing

Unit tests offer many advantages in software development. They help ensure code reliability by catching bugs early, make refactoring easier by providing a safety net, and improve overall code quality. Unit tests also serve as documentation by showing how the code is intended to be used, and they boost developer confidence, allowing for faster iterations and more robust feature development.

Swift 6 introduces a new testing framework called Swift Testing, designed to transform how developers write and organize tests for Swift code. This open-source package features a modern, expressive API that leverages Swift’s latest features, including concurrency and macros, to create more efficient and readable test suites.

Swift Testing ...

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