So, a Spek which generates 27,000 `it()` blocks is...

# spek

[Marc Knaup]

So, a Spek which generates 27,000 it() blocks is horribly slow when run with Gradle+JUnit (15min) but quite fast when run from IntelliJ using the Spek Framework plugin (2sec).
I guess JUnit is doing some setup & teardown behind the scenes for each test generated by it().

How can I optimize that? Is there a setting in Spek which it passes on to JUnit to tell it to e.g. reuse test container?
Or do I need to configure JUnit separately somehow?

[raniejade]

can you share here a sample test?

[raniejade]

nvm, replicated with this:

object LargeTest: Spek({
    repeat(27000) {
        test("test $it") {

        }
    }
})

[raniejade]

patch for it: https://github.com/spekframework/spek/pull/548

[raniejade]

and sorry for the delayed reply!

[Marc Knaup]

No worries, thanks for checking and fixing! 👍