Re: Linux+GNUstep to Unit Test Objective-C Code instead of Mac+XCode?

[Fred Kiefer]

On 02.05.2013 10:07, J B wrote:
> I'm an 'XCode' coder, with experience in the Unix console. So far, I've
> only coded Objective-C on Mac/iOS.
>
> I'd like to implement automated unit tests in a Hudson server on a Linux
> machine, but I'm not sure whether I can compile and test code that imports
> Foundation.h on Linux.
>
> Here's my question: Is it true that GNUstep will compile Foundation.h, but
> not the graphical libraries? I think that would work, since I can't
> effectively test the graphical components with unit tests, anyway. GNUstep
> has its own graphical libraries for cross platform application development,
> right?
>
> Any other thoughts about using Linux to unit test objective-c code? Is my
> plan feasible? I'm open to other options. I can purchase another Mac for
> Hudson/automatic unit testing, but I'd prefer to run my objective-c unit
> tests on a Linux machine, because of the difference in price.

Ivan already wrote a reply answering most of your questions. I will 
restrict my reply on the term unit test. You did not give any details 
about what you are referring to here. You could have written your own 
stand alone unit tests, which should run fine on GNUstep out of the box, 
or you could be using an Objective-C unit test framework. In this case 
it will most likely be the OCunit framework from Sente that Apple has 
integrated into XCode. If you want to use that with GNUstep there is a 
simple solution. I have locally a version, based on an older release, 
that works fine with GNUstep. Please feel free to ask for that code.

Fred