I would imagine they mean passing tests.db to the suite instead of fixtures. Normally, you have a "pick 2" situation between run a DB with network access, run S

I would imagine they mean passing tests.db to the suite instead of fixtures. Normally, you have a "pick 2" situation between run a DB with network access, run SQLite when testing, and run the same DB everywhere. This gets you all three (at other costs, of course). For tests, SQLite is great because it's super fast and easy/fast to backup/setup/teardown.