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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-30 at 23:25

Multi-file extensions of a single class are another form of deodorant, covering up a Large Class code smell. #SwiftLang

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-30 at 05:53

I first encountered Genesis through A Trick of the Tail, then Wind and Wuthering — all post Peter Gabriel, though I didn't know it then. Their live album Seconds Out exposed me to their older PG-era catalog, which I came to love. Like this beauty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzP9RdouIbw

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-29 at 23:38

As static analysis warnings become more powerful with each new release of Xcode, does Test-Driven Development become less important? Not at all! https://qualitycoding.org/static-analysis/

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-27 at 18:01

"Our iOS Code is Too Complex for Unit Tests" is a Lie 🤥 https://qualitycoding.org/legacy-code-rescue-thousand-line-view-controller/ #LegacyCode

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-26 at 01:08

Ready to Discover a New Approach to Testing SwiftUI? 🚀 https://qualitycoding.org/swiftui-testing-challenge/ #UnitTesting

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-25 at 22:37

I want to continue to recommend non-iOS gatherings to my iOS friends. If you're near London, check out https://socratesuk.org/ …especially if you've never experienced an open conference, where the participants form the agenda!

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-25 at 20:46

🛟 Breaking Down the Massive View Controller: A Step-by-Step Rescue Guide https://qualitycoding.org/legacy-code-rescue-thousand-line-view-controller/ #iOSDev

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-25 at 03:49

SwiftUI and Unit Tests: A Worthwhile Pursuit or a Fool's Errand? 🤷‍♂️ https://qualitycoding.org/swiftui-testing-challenge/ #SwiftUI

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-24 at 18:10

Via a friend on Bluesky: XcodeBenchmark https://github.com/devMEremenko/XcodeBenchmark

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-24 at 04:01

"A CI tool is responsible for building the application" does not mean that CI is "building the application."

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-23 at 18:30

Tools != Practices

You can practice CI without CI tooling. (We use tools to make things easier.)

Just because you use CI tooling doesn't mean you practice CI.

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-22 at 23:05

As I go through a corporate training module on testing, they talk about Arrange, Act, Assert. I want to give credit where credit is due… The AAA pattern was named by @billwake https://xp123.com/3a-arrange-act-assert/

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-22 at 19:12

Anyone have an example of public Xcode project that is fairly large, but doesn't require any extra configuration to build? (Like xcodeproj + SPM only, no other dependencies.) Someone on Reddit is asking for something they can use to check the capability of their machine for Xcode use.

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-22 at 18:53

Testing SwiftUI: A Simple Counter App That Raises Big Questions ❓ https://qualitycoding.org/swiftui-testing-challenge/ #iOSDev

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-21 at 12:47

SwiftUI Testing Challenge: Can You Test This Counter App? 🤔 https://qualitycoding.org/swiftui-testing-challenge/ #SwiftUI

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-19 at 21:19

⚡️ 6 Tests to 120: A Legacy Code Transformation Story https://qualitycoding.org/legacy-code-rescue-thousand-line-view-controller/ #TechDebt

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-19 at 01:57

Watched Appointment With Death (1988), Peter Ustinov's last performance as Poirot. The pacing of older films is much slower than today's. Our kids would have fallen asleep or left the room. But for my wife & me, it felt oddly nostalgic to slow down.

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-16 at 21:00

Developers have little time overlap? Then async code reviews may be necessary (until you restructure to get that overlap).

Developers working in the same time, mostly? Then async code reviews are waste.

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-16 at 03:58

I keep thinking, "Maybe it's time I upgrade this machine to Sequoia." But then I think, "But what would I gain?"

Apple Intelligence for coding doesn't sound like it's on par with Claude or even GitHub Copilot, at least not yet.

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Written by Jon Reid on 2025-01-15 at 23:58

🚦 Here are the the 3 steps I use most when refactoring tests. Includes a practical exercise for your own tests. Refactor your tests for clarity. https://qualitycoding.org/refactoring-tests/

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