what was announced at wwdc for ucuitest or anything testing related

Generated on 8/6/2024

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At WWDC 2024, several announcements were made related to testing, particularly focusing on the new Swift Testing framework. Here are the key points:

  1. Introduction of Swift Testing:

    • Swift Testing is a new testing framework built from the ground up for Swift, designed to be expressive, easy to learn, and cross-platform. It supports all major platforms, including Linux and Windows, and is developed as an open-source package (Platforms State of the Union, Meet Swift Testing).
  2. Features of Swift Testing:

    • Expressive APIs: Simplifies writing tests with macros like expect to evaluate Swift expressions.
    • Flexible Tagging System: Helps organize tests and test plans with tags, allowing selective test runs.
    • Parameterized Tests: Easily reuse tests with different arguments.
    • Concurrency: Takes full advantage of Swift's concurrency, running tests safely in parallel.
    • Integration: Fully supported in Xcode 16 and Visual Studio Code (Platforms State of the Union, Meet Swift Testing).
  3. Xcode Enhancements for Testing:

    • Test Navigator: Organizes tests by tag and shows parameterized tests.
    • Source Editor: Provides rich inline presentations to help diagnose test failures.
    • Test Reports: Detailed reports with screen recordings to pinpoint failures (Xcode essentials).
  4. Common Workflows and Integration with XCTest:

    • Swift Testing can be used alongside XCTest, and it integrates with major tools and IDEs in the Swift ecosystem, including Swift Package Manager and Xcode 16 (Meet Swift Testing).
  5. Open Source and Community Involvement:

    • Swift Testing has an open development process, inviting community feedback and participation in its evolution (Meet Swift Testing).

For more detailed information, you can check out the sessions "Meet Swift Testing" and "Xcode essentials" from WWDC 2024.