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diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt b/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt index aa6a7af191..709d9ad262 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing/overview.txt @@ -326,10 +326,18 @@ need to test for success or failure at that level. Speeding up the tests --------------------- -In recent versions of Django, the default password hasher is rather slow by -design. If during your tests you are authenticating many users, you may want -to use a custom settings file and set the :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS` setting -to a faster hashing algorithm:: +Running tests in parallel +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +As long as your tests are properly isolated, you can run them in parallel to +gain a speed up on multi-core hardware. See :option:`test --parallel`. + +Password hashing +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The default password hasher is rather slow by design. If you're authenticating +many users in your tests, you may want to use a custom settings file and set +the :setting:`PASSWORD_HASHERS` setting to a faster hashing algorithm:: PASSWORD_HASHERS = [ 'django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher', |