135: Speeding up Django Test Suites - Adam Johnson

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135: Speeding up Django Test Suites - Adam Johnson

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All test suites start fast. But as you grow your set of tests, each test adds a little bit of time to the suite.  What can you do about it to keep test suites fast?  Some things, like parallelization, are applicable to many domains.  What about, for instance, Django applications? Well, Adam Johnson has thought about it a lot, and is here to tell us how we can speed up our Django test suites. Topics include:parallelizing testsmoving from disk to memoryusing fake data and factory functionstargeted mockingSpecial Guest: Adam Johnson.Links:Speed Up Your Django Tests — the book by Adam JohnsonKukicha — "or twig tea, ..., is a Japanese blend made of stems, stalks, and twigs."