Swift Asynchronous Unit Testing with Busy Assertion Pattern

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Busy assertion is an alternative to XCTestExpectation, but much simpler in implementation and use. Let’s see how it can help to:

• ⏳ Wait for a value to update asynchronously
• ⚙️ Chain async operations
• 👍 Verify something not to happen