No speed up with spec_server

Testing RSpec
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Hey guys,

I’m running spec_server and using --drb with my specs in Rails, and
I’m seeing virtually no speed up. I’m using rspec/rspec_on_rails
trunk. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

TIA,
Jeremy

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On 11/1/07, Jeremy S. [email protected] wrote:

Hey guys,

I’m running spec_server and using --drb with my specs in Rails, and
I’m seeing virtually no speed up. I’m using rspec/rspec_on_rails
trunk. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

It’s a regression I’m planning to fix this weekend

Aslak

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On Nov 1, 2007, at 5:08 PM, Jeremy S. wrote:

Hey guys,

I’m running spec_server and using --drb with my specs in Rails, and
I’m seeing virtually no speed up. I’m using rspec/rspec_on_rails
trunk. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

Same here. AFAIK, all the drb server does is load up the rails
environment. This should save you a good 2-3 seconds every time you
run your tests, but there are other speed hits -

  • The test database needs to be recreated
  • The classes in app + lib need to be re-loaded

And so on… The most obvious speed hit is actually loading data into
the database, as well as reading it out, and at least for me, the 2-3
seconds for loading the environment isn’t noticeable either way if
I’m actually hitting the database in a model spec. Maybe that would
be your case as well?

Scott

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On Nov 1, 2007, at 7:27 PM, aslak hellesoy wrote:

Aslak
Ah - didn’t see your post.

Scott