On Mar 28, 2008, at 2:35 PM, David Beckwith wrote: > I guess I could just try it, but does spec_server work with > autotest too? > > ie. > ruby script/spec_server & > autotest >
Sure. Autotest is a pretty stupid program (and I mean that in a good way). All it does is periodically run a spec command in a subshell. Scott > ? > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Scott Taylor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Mar 13, 2008, at 12:17 AM, Mikel Lindsaar wrote: >> >>> I have looked through the docs, looked at the code, even gave a >>> cursory (2 page) glance at google, and it is not clear to me what >>> SpecServer is or what it is for. >>> >>> Is it meant to speed up the execution of specs in a rails >>> environment >>> by doing some magic on the database? >> >> The spec server does no magic. It load the rails environment, and the >> runs the specs through Drb (look up the rdoc for Drb/Rinda). >> >> >>> Or I am thinking it keeps a copy of Rails running to avoid the rails >>> reload delay... >> >> Yep - that's pretty much it. It usually takes a few seconds to load >> up the rails environment, and if you are running your specs every few >> seconds, that can shave off a lot of time from your dev cycle over >> time. >> >> >>> >>> Is there any documentation on this so I can go find out instead of >>> bugging the list? :) >> >> No - not really. All you need to do is start the spec_server: >> >> ruby script/spec_server >> >> The specs can then be run through the server with --drb (put it in >> spec.opts, if you always want to use it). >> >> Scott >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rspec-users mailing list >> rspec-users@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >> > > > > -- > SMS/Text: +63 905 220 2207 > Skype: dbit_solutions > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
