On Nov 22, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Andrew Premdas wrote: > 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).
Anytime someone suggests using 1.8, a Chinchilla explodes. 1.9.3 has the "slow require" fix - please use that if it is your concern. > > 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 _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
