factory_girl

factory_girl is a fixtures replacement with a straightforward definition syntax, support for multiple build strategies (saved instances, unsaved instances, attribute hashes, and stubbed objects), and support for multiple factories for the same class (user, admin_user, and so on), including factory inheritance.

If you want to use factory_girl with Rails, see factory_girl_rails.

Documentation

You should find the documentation for your version of factory_girl on Rubygems.

See GETTING_STARTED for information on defining and using factories.

Install

gem install factory_girl

or add the following line to Gemfile:

gem 'factory_girl'

and run bundle install from your shell.

Supported Ruby versions

The Factory Girl 3.x series supports Ruby 1.9.x.

For older versions of Ruby, please use the Factory Girl 2.x series.

More Information

Contributing

Please see the contribution guidelines.

Credits

factory_girl was written by Joe Ferris with contributions from several authors, including:

Alex Sharp
Eugene Bolshakov
Jon Yurek
Josh Nichols
Josh Owens
Nate Sutton
Josh Clayton
Thomas Walpole

The syntax layers are derived from software written by the following authors:

Pete Yandell
Rick Bradley
Yossef Mendelssohn

factory_girl is maintained and funded by thoughtbot, inc

The names and logos for thoughtbot are trademarks of thoughtbot, inc.

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