RGViperChat

An iOS chat app written following a VIPER architecture and BDD

With this project I'd like to gather all the best practices I can find when working with a VIPER architecture and a BDD approach. VIPER is the Uncle Bob's Clean Architecture implementation, and it pushes the SRP (Single Responsibility Principle) to the limit. Although it works seamlessly on linear and simple apps, there are always cases in which VIPER doesn't fit perfectly without thinking a bit further: inter module communications, or working view containers like UIPageViewControllers, UITabBarControllers, or Burger menus. The dependency injection is another challenge, particularly for those cases in which a service is reused across different modules of the app.

Here you can find a presentation of a talk I gave about VIPER and BDD: https://robertogarrido.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Clean-Architectures-and-BDD-on-iOS-GitHub.pdf

References

Here you can find a list of interesting readings about VIPER and BDD:

IOS ARCHITECTURE PATTERNS: https://medium.com/ios-os-x-development/ios-architecture-patterns-ecba4c38de52

ARCHITECTING IOS APPS WITH VIPER: https://www.objc.io/issues/13-architecture/viper/

ARCHITECTING MOBILE APPS WITH (B)VIPER MODULES - A STRUCTURED ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR BIG MOBILE APPS: http://digital.travelport.com/blog/architecting-mobile-apps-with-bviper-modules

VIPER ARCHITECTURE: OUR BEST PRACTICES TO BUILD AN APP LIKE A BOSS: https://cheesecakelabs.com/blog/best-practices-viper-architecture/

IOS PROJECT ARCHITECTURE: USING VIPER: https://cheesecakelabs.com/blog/ios-project-architecture-using-viper/

ENGINEERING THE ARCHITECTURE BEHIND UBER’S NEW RIDER APP: https://eng.uber.com/new-rider-app/

Author

I'm Roberto Garrido, a freelance iOS developer available for hire on my website: https://robertogarrido.com