Re: GSoc idea: make tests run faster

On 2014-02-13 14:50, Anthony Gerrard wrote:
> The biggest drain in my productivity when developing Plone is how long
> it takes for tests for run.
>
> e.g.  when using plone.app.testing.layers.PloneFixture with the project
> I'm working on at the moment it seems to take 10-15s for the test runner
> to get going and 10-15s for PloneFixture to be set-up.
>
> I think it'd be a massive boost to every Plone developer's efficiency
> (and make them more likely to write and run tests) if we could trim a
> significant percentage off these numbers.

I don't think this is the sort of thing a teenager that hasn't used 
Python would be good at. That's generally the pool that is available in 
GSoC.

If an active Plone developer that's a student wants to apply for this 
task I'm sure we could work it out.

Matt


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