Thanks Marnen.  I'll heed your advice.

On Feb 3, 7:29 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Learn by Doing wrote:
> > Is there a way to preload common data made by factory_girl to speed up
> > tests instead of recreating these common data at the beginning of
> > every test.  For example, I want to have 10 users premade at the
> > beginning of every test.
>
> No, you probably don't.  Factories aren't fixtures and shouldn't be used
> in the same way.
>
>
>
> > I found this
> >http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/factory_data_preloader
> > But the page says that this plugin does not "play nice" with
> > autotest.   But I use autotest.  Is there another solution?
>
> Use factories correctly.  Don't try to prematurely optimize your tests.
>
>
>
> > Thanks.
>
> Best,
> -- 
> Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> [email protected]
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