On 22 November 2011 20:31, Ash Moran <ash.mo...@patchspace.co.uk> wrote: > Hi > > I've worked on a couple of Rails 3 apps recently and the test feedback loop > is killing me. With no modifications, it takes 15-25 seconds to run a single > example. I've avoided Spork so far, but I've tried Spin[1]. Spin shaves a few > seconds off but it's still agonising. I've also experimented with multiple > Guard groups and other hacks to run isolated code in lib/, but a lot of the > code can't be isolated (all the controllers, for example). > > My last resort is to try and run Rails against an environment with > `config.cache_classes = false`. Has anyone tried this (and got it working)? I > imagine it would have to run tests over DRb, which I've only used with Spork > before. The last mention of "cache_classes" on this list was in 2009, so I > thought I'd check before I invested time in it in case there any major > obstacles. > > Any help appreciated > > Cheers > Ash > Use Ruby 1.8.7 its much faster. There is a very good screencast on Destroy All Software that might help also - the one about extracting domain objects (or something like that).
HTH Andrew ps > > [1] http://jstorimer.github.com/spin/ > > -- > http://www.patchspace.co.uk/ > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashmoran > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > -- ------------------------ Andrew Premdas blog.andrew.premdas.org _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
