Improved test runtime from 352 seconds to 59 seconds by implementing an in-memory sqlite DB and including an option to run migrations on this newly created database by adding a config option called run_migrations to the config_spec and passing it along in app.py to the setup_database function.

mediagoblin/tests/appconfig_context_modified.ini

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ direct_remote_path = /test_static/
 email_sender_address = "notice@mediagoblin.example.org"
 email_debug_mode = true
 
-# TODO: Switch to using an in-memory database
-sql_engine = "sqlite:///%(here)s/user_dev/mediagoblin.db"
+#Runs with an in-memory sqlite db for speed.
+sql_engine = "sqlite://"
+run_migrations = true
 
 # Celery shouldn't be set up by the application as it's setup via
 # mediagoblin.init.celery.from_celery

mediagoblin/tests/appconfig_static_plugin.ini

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ direct_remote_path = /test_static/
 email_sender_address = "notice@mediagoblin.example.org"
 email_debug_mode = true
 
-# TODO: Switch to using an in-memory database
-sql_engine = "sqlite:///%(here)s/user_dev/mediagoblin.db"
+#Runs with an in-memory sqlite db for speed.
+sql_engine = "sqlite://"
+run_migrations = true
 
 # Celery shouldn't be set up by the application as it's setup via
 # mediagoblin.init.celery.from_celery

mediagoblin/tests/test_mgoblin_app.ini

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ direct_remote_path = /test_static/
 email_sender_address = "notice@mediagoblin.example.org"
 email_debug_mode = true
 
-# TODO: Switch to using an in-memory database
-sql_engine = "sqlite:///%(here)s/user_dev/mediagoblin.db"
+#Runs with an in-memory sqlite db for speed.
+sql_engine = "sqlite://"
+run_migrations = true
 
 # tag parsing
 tags_max_length = 50