How to properly test django with splinter?

Question

Django

I am using Django 1.8 and selenium.
The workflow is as follows:
- BDD scripts (pytest-bdd) written;
- written steps for tests (pytest-splinter)
- settings file has DB configuration

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    },
}

I run the tests:
1 I run the server itself (runserver)
2 I run the tests themselves (py.test)
As a result, this is what I get: the server is running on the database from the settings. All fixtures and the database stand on a separate database, and the tests are trying to pass to the database from a running server. What am I doing wrong? This was not the case with Django 1.7. But with the release of 1.8, it began to separate the database.
Even if I specify in the DB settings for tests ( djbook.ru/rel1.8/topics/testing/overview.html ) the result is the same due to the fact that the server raises the default database, and the database for tests on each step resets.

Answer 1

Try to move away from fixtures - no one likes to update them
create a config for tests and inherit it from the base
config progname/settings/
__init__.py
base.py
dev.py
test.py
will launch the skulllight in memory
you will need to run the test pack like this
./manage. py test --settings=progname.settings.test
./manage.py runserver --settings=progname.settings.dev