#285 Spork

Sep 26, 2011 | 9 minutes | Testing, Tools, Plugins

Spork improves the loading time of your test suite by starting up your Rails application once in the background. Use it with Guard for the ultimate combo in fast feedback while doing TDD.

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          bash
        
rspec .
time rspec .
bundle
spork --bootstrap
spork
rspec . --drb
guard init spork

          Gemfile
        
group :test do
  gem "spork", "> 0.9.0.rc"
  gem "guard-spork"
end

          Guardfile
        
guard 'spork', :cucumber_env => { 'RAILS_ENV' => 'test' }, :rspec_env => { 'RAILS_ENV' => 'test' } do
  watch('config/application.rb')
  watch('config/environment.rb')
  watch(%r{^config/environments/.+\.rb$})
  watch(%r{^config/initializers/.+\.rb$})
  watch('spec/spec_helper.rb')
  watch(%r{^spec/support/.+\.rb$})
end

guard 'rspec', :version => 2, :cli => "--drb", :all_on_start => false, :all_after_pass => false do
  # ...
end

          spec/spec_helper.rb
        
require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'

Spork.prefork do
  # ...
  RSpec.configure do |config|
    # ...
    config.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
    config.filter_run :focus => true
    config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
  end
end

Spork.each_run do
  # This code will be run each time you run your specs.
  FactoryGirl.reload
end