factory_girl

https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl

Ruby

A library for setting up Ruby objects as test data.

FactoryGirl::Factory#names

Names for this factory, including aliases.

Example:

  factory :user, aliases: [:author] do
    # ...
  end

  FactoryGirl.create(:author).class
  # => User

Because an attribute defined without a value or block will build an
association with the same name, this allows associations to be defined
without factories, such as:

  factory :user, aliases: [:author] do
    # ...
  end

  factory :post do
    author
  end

  FactoryGirl.create(:post).author.class
  # => User

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Edit

git clone [email protected]:thoughtbot/factory_girl.git

cd factory_girl

open lib/factory_girl/factory.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-FactoryGirl--Factory-names-for-pr

# Commit to git

git add lib/factory_girl/factory.rbgit commit -m "better docs for FactoryGirl::Factory#names"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-FactoryGirl--Factory-names-for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!