18. Unit Testing
Xcode has supported unit testing since version 2, but the developer community has often bemoaned the limits of that support. In Xcode 4, testing has become a first-class citizen, satisfying many of the previous complaints. In Chapter 14, you learned about the various Build actions, of which Test is one. When you call for a test (assuming you’ve set up unit testing), a testing-specific target is built and run, which in turn runs a series of tests against your code. In this chapter, you’ll explore Xcode’s unit testing features in greater detail.
What is Unit Testing?
Most sources define unit testing as a method of testing the functionality of individual units of code to make certain they work under any possible condition. Many ...
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