In the last chapter, you identified that ListingsViewController isn’t actually doing any networking. Rather, it has a // TODO comment in refreshData(). In response, you created DogPatchClient to handle networking logic. However, you haven’t used it yet.
In this chapter, you’ll update ListingsViewController to use DogPatchClient upon refreshing! Specifically, you will:
Add a shared instance on DogPatchClient.
Add a network client property on ListingsViewController.
Create a network client protocol.
Create a mock network client using the protocol.
Use the mock to stub and validate behavior.
Getting started
Feel free to use your project from the last chapter. If you want a fresh start, navigate to this chapter’s starter directory, open the DogPatch subdirectory and then open DogPatch.xcodeproj.
Once your project is ready, it’s time to jump in and set DogPatchClient up for networking by adding a shared instance.
Creating a shared instance
While you could instantiate DogPatchClient directly, this has disadvantages:
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Using the network client
While you could use DogPatchClient directly in your unit tests, this has several drawbacks:
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Creating the network client protocol
What should you put in the network client protocol? Any methods and properties that callers need to use! In turn, you’ll be able to use your mock to validate that you’re calling these correctly.
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Key points
In this chapter, you learned how to TDD using a network client. Here are the key points you covered:
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