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Oleg Ivanov
Oleg Ivanov

Reputation: 181

FitNEsse versions 20110104 and later - how much faster?

I'm trying to convince my management to upgrade to the new version of FitNesse (we're running 20070619 now) I saw a message by Uncle Bob at the yahoo group

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/fitnesse/message/16752

saying that's "It is much faster." - but I was wondering if anybody has any metrics, how faster it is comparing to the old one? thanks! O.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 98

Answers (1)

Dan Woodward
Dan Woodward

Reputation: 2569

Are you using Slim or Fit style tables? How large are the pages? We saw a significant improvement when the parser was rewritten. The old parser was regex based and got slow on big pages. The new parser is a more proper parser and is much more efficient.

If I had to put a specific number on it, I would say it was 40+ percent faster, but your milage may vary based on how your tests are written.

All that said, there are a lot of great features in the newer versions. Though if you're using a 2007 version, most of those improvements are related to Slim, which was introduced after 2007. The parser improvements will be there, and a couple of other updates you might enjoy (Test History, Templates, new Theming capabilities, etc).

Upvotes: 1

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