Category Archives: TDD

TDD and crypto in one place

Posted on 2012-04-19 by Graham

Well, I suppose if I’ve written two books, it’s about time I wrote a contorted blog post that references both of the worlds. I recently wrote an encryption module for an app, and thought it’d be useful to share something … Continue reading →

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Test-Driven iOS Development

Posted on 2012-04-12 by Graham

Here it is, after more than a year in the making, the book that they really did want you to read! Test-driven IOS Development (Developer’s Library) (affiliate link) has finally hit the stores[*]. I wrote this book for the simple … Continue reading →

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How to TDD with CATCH

Posted on 2012-03-13 by Graham

Plenty of people have asked me about the TDD framework I use. While the book Test-Driven iOS Development has code using OCUnit (for pragmatic, and previously-covered, reasons); I am currently more frequently to be discovered using Phil Nash’s CATCH framework. … Continue reading →

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On home truths in iOS TDD

Posted on 2012-02-07 by Graham

The first readers of Test-Driven iOS Development (currently available in Rough Cuts form on Safari Books Online: if you want to buy a paper/kindle/iBooks editions, you’ll have to wait until it enters full production in a month or so) are … Continue reading →

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TDD/unit testing video training for iOS developers

Posted on 2011-07-18 by Graham

I recently recorded a series of videos on unit testing and test-driven development for iOS developers with Scotty of iDeveloper.tv. The videos and associated source code is now available for purchase and download.

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On adopting testing, and CocoaDojos

Posted on 2011-05-12 by Graham

In episode 18 of iDeveloper.TV Live I was discussing test-driven development with Scotty and John. I suggested that a great way to get started with TDD was to start adopting it in baby steps in your code. Got a bug … Continue reading →

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On internal quality

Posted on 2011-04-10 by Graham

I was asked by attendees at my VTM talk on test-driven development a small collection of questions on a similar theme, which I’ll summarise here. How do I do TDD when my boss doesn’t want me to? What do I … Continue reading →

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An example of unit testing working for me

Posted on 2010-10-18 by Graham

Some specific feedback I was given regarding my unit testing talk at VTM: iPhone fall conference was that the talk was short on real-world application of unit testing. That statement is definitely true, and it’s unfortunate that I didn’t meet … Continue reading →

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