Apple has released it’s own package manager called ‘Swift Package Manager‘ to share and distribute Swift packages. It’s a good idea to add free Continuous Integration to our open-source Swift Packages so that we made sure nothing is broken with code changes. Fortunately, TravisCI gives you free services for the all Read more…
Recently, I have spoken at iOSConBytes meetup, SkillsMatter, London on Full Stack BDD inside Xcode with use of XCFit framework. This talk covered live demo of following things Building a sample iOS app using Protocol Oriented BDD approach Mapping BDD Scenarios with Swift Setting up BDD target with XCFit Protocol Oriented BDD Xcode Template Read more…
Swift is truly protocol-oriented language. Since introduced in WWDC 2014 and open sourced in December 2015, it become one of the popular language for developing iOS application. You can watch this WWDC video to know about protocol oriented programming with Swift. In the recent days, protocol-oriented approach is definitely dominated the object Read more…
Xcode comes with lot of command line tools which you can find at path
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each one has a specific purpose but some of them are very important in day to day role of iOS Developers. Most iOS Developers like to do everything from GUI either Xcode or using third Read more…
At WWDC 2016, there was an awesome talk on ‘Advance Testing and Continuous Integration‘ which mentioned lot of new features in the XCTest Framework, Xcode-Sever and xcodebuild command line tool. We can use those features to speed up the iOS Continuous Integration process. Current iOS CI Limitation Before Xcode 8, Read more…
It’s very common to find an iOS applications in different languages and supporting different countries. The brands needs to intruduce their business to the locals in the language that is truly local and that’s the way to connect and create value out of the iOS app. It’s essential to develop Read more…
Apple has released new Xcode 8.3 beta 2 with new Swift 3.1 snapshot which is available to download from Apple developer account. There are lot of new things in Xcode 8.3 beta 2, you can read release note if you have Apple developer account. There is a handy class added to the XCTest Read more…
Apple recently announced Swift 3.1 development snapshot and XCode 8.3 for the developers. There are couple of handy classes added to the XCTest framework to enable Asynchronous Testing for iOS and macOS applications. In this post, we will see how we can perform asynchronous testing using XCWaiter. Swift 3.1-Dev Newly added Read more…
Dependency/Package Manager Most modern languages come with an official solution for code distribution. In today’s world of modern mobile development, it is essential to re-use the code already written by developers. Code reuse can be achieved by creating and distributing the packages from central repository. A package manager is a tool that Read more…
Apple has very comprehensive documentation on Xcode Server and Continuous Integration with OSX Server (app) and Xcode Server (Xcode within the server app). You might be wondering what’s the point of this post if everything is documented in the guide. However Apple’s guide still reads as OSX Server than macOS Server but Apple has released new macOS Server (5.2) Read more…