Capturing Human Intelligence - ApprovalTests is an open source assertion/verification library to aid unit testing.

ApprovalsTest Swift is compatible with the XCUnit testing framework

Approval Tests can be used for verifying objects that require more than a simple assert.

You can watch a bunch of short videos on getting started and using ApprovalTests in .Net at YouTube

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• This Agile Life
• Hanselminutes
• Herding Code
• The Watir Podcast

CocoaPods

target 'MyApp' do
  use_frameworks!

  # Pods for MyApp 

  target 'MyAppTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
    pod 'ApprovalTests_Swift', :git => 'https://github.com/approvals/ApprovalTests.Swift.git'
  end

end

Sample Code

class SampleTest: XCTestCase {

    	func testList() throws {
        	var names: [String] = ["Llewellyn", "James", "Dan", "Jason", "Katrina"]
        	names.sort()
        	try Approvals.verifyAll("", names);
    	}
}

Will Produce a File

SampleTest.testList.received.txt
[0] = Dan
[1] = James
[2] = Jason
[3] = Katrina
[4] = Llewellyn

Simply rename this to SampleTest.testList.approved.txt and the test will now pass.

The *.approved.* files must be checked into source your source control. ApprovalTests now ignores line endings by default (so you can remove *.approved.* binary from your .gitattributes file if you added previously).

If you would like to verify line endings, simply add [assembly: IgnoreLineEndingsAttribute(false)] to your AssemblyInfo.cs

Do not add *.received.* files to your source control (they are transitory, and some SCMs like TFS will lock them or mark them read-only, which will break every dependent test).

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• Getting Started Doc

Apache 2.0 License

ask on twitter: @LlewellynFalco or #ApprovalTests