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WorkOS
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
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SwiftyMocky
Framework for automatic mock generation. Adds a set of handy methods, simplifying testing. One of the best and most complete solutions, including generics support and much more.
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SwiftMockGeneratorForXcode
An Xcode extension (plugin) to generate Swift test doubles automatically.
Everything would be smooth and easy, except that Swift is not Objective-C. Supplying test doubles is incredibly easy in Objective-C, where the central mechanism is messages. You could send any message to any object. In case you had previous experience mocking on Objective-C using OCMock or OCMockito — forget it.
Additional setup: The cuckoo installation process requires adding a new run script into your test target build phases. Include the absolute path to each file and the framework that will generate mocks in this script. Import the generated file into the project once, and then re-generate it to keep it up to date. Class name starts from the word ‘Mock’ — each test double you can use as mock, stub, or spy.
Additional setup: SwiftyMocky has a 2 step installation. First, set up SwiftyMocky CLI on your working machine. Second, add it to the project’s test target via one of the 3 options listed above. Open Terminal in your project root folder and execute the following commands one by one:
Spoiler! It’s not a library but an Xcode plugin that helps solve the same problem — generating test doubles. SwiftMockGeneratorForXcode is an exception in this list of frameworks. Instead of being integrated into the project, this generator can only be added as an extension to Xcode. Also, you won’t have any custom verifiers or matchers, do all assertions using the XCTest framework.