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Factory girl is a object factory library to be used with your tests. Installation: $ [sudo] gem install thoughtbot-factory_girl --source http://gems.github.com or with Rails >2.1 dependency management, add to environment.rb config.gem "thoughtbot-factory_girl", :lib => "factory_girl", :source => "http://gems.github.com" Then add: require 'factory_girl' to your test_helper.rb or spec_helper.rb Defining factories: # This will guess the User class Factory.define :user do |u| u.first_name 'John' u.last_name 'Doe' u.admin false end # This will use the User class (Admin would have been guessed) Factory.define :admin, :class => User do |u| u.first_name 'Admin' u.last_name 'User' u.admin true end # This will copy the attributes from the parent factory to the current one with an ability to override them. Factory.define :super_user, :parent => :user do |u| u.super_user true end Lazy Attributes: Factory.define :user do |u| # ... u.activation_code { User.generate_activation_code } end Dependent Attributes: Factory.define :user do |u| u.first_name 'Joe' u.last_name 'Blow' u.email {|a| "#{a.first_name}.#{a.last_name}@example.com".downcase } end Associations: Factory.define :post do |p| # ... p.author {|author| author.association(:user, :last_name => 'Writely') } end # Or in short form Factory.define :post do |p| p.association :author, :factory => :user end Sequences: # Defines a new sequence Factory.sequence :email do |n| "person#{n}@example.com" end #Uses the sequence Factory.next :email # => "person1@example.com" Using factories: # Build and save a User instance Factory(:user) # Build a User instance and override the first_name property Factory.build(:user, :first_name => 'Joe') # Return an attributes Hash that can be used to build a User instance attrs = Factory.attributes_for(:user)

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