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		stevenwei on March 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Frustrated with iCloud, Apple’s developer communit... I don't think that's a fair comparison. Testing GUI code has always been a lot trickier than testing backend code, and iOS apps tend to be GUI-oriented while Ruby projects tend to be backend-oriented. That's not to say that the iOS testing tools are great, but I've never had a particularly pleasant time testing GUI code on any platform.

cwp on March 29, 2013 [–]

True, Ruby doesn't usually get used for GUIs. But take a look at the Javascript and browser testing tools that are available. Is there anything like Sauce Labs for iOS?

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