{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vispy/vispy/issues/1086","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vispy/vispy/issues/1086/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vispy/vispy/issues/1086/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vispy/vispy/issues/1086/events","html_url":"https://github.com/vispy/vispy/issues/1086","id":107686581,"number":1086,"title":"Canvas tests are slow","user":{"login":"rossant","id":1942359,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1942359?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant","html_url":"https://github.com/rossant","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rossant/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/vispy/vispy/labels/type:%20performance","name":"type: performance","color":"fcdb04"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-09-22T10:32:10Z","updated_at":"2015-09-22T10:32:10Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The duration of the testing suite of my library is dominated by the plot tests. I use:\r\n\r\n```python\r\nwith canvas:\r\n    canvas.update()\r\n    canvas.app.process_events()\r\n```\r\n\r\nto test my canvases, and this takes 400 ms for every canvas test, which is very slow. Is there a way to make them faster?"}}