> > The factory method (or attribute_helper) still hits the database. I > don't see it as any sort of performance gain. In fact, I've even > developed a plugin around the Factory idea, and it was only when I > started using it in all of my tests that the speed really started to > affect me (I was using mocking/stubbing, with much frustration prior > to that point). But to me it's pretty clear the plugin (or the > factory) is not the problem - the hit is the database. DHH saw this > hit, and since they were using fixtures,he found that creating the > fixtures, and then wrapping each test in a transaction was a huge > performance gain. I wonder if the same would be true with setups/ > before(:each)... > >
Scott, Where is this factory plugin you speak of? Thanks, Ben _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
