MicroFactory

MicroFactory is a a tiny factory library for writing tests with Active Record.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'micro_factory'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install micro_factory

MicroFactory adds a factory method to the class or module you add it to.

The method accepts a class, string or symbol reprenting a class, and a hash of valid attributes for the class.

It then generates three methods you can use to build or create Active Record model instances, and access a hash of valid attributes.

The simplest way to use MicroFactory is by extending it into ActiveSupport::TestCase, this makes the factories you create available throughout your test suite.

class ActiveSupport::TestCase
  extend MicroFactory
  factory :State, name: 'Washington', code: 'WA'
end

class StateTest
  test 'it should validate the state code' do
    state = build_state code: 'XX'
    assert_false state.valid?
  end
end

In the given example, MicroFactory would generate the following methods:

• build_state(attributes = {}) - Make a new state instance, optionally with the given attributes merged into the defaults.
• create_state(attributes={}) - The same as build_state but saves it.
• valid_state_attributes - Get the default attributes used by the factory methods.

If you don't like the idea of extending ActiveRecord::TestCase, you can put it in your own module to keep it isolated:

module MyFactories
  extend MicroFactory
  extend self
end

MyFactories.factory :State, name: 'Washington', code: 'WA'
oregon = MyFactories.build_state code: 'OR', name: 'Oregon'

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