Short, explicit test setups

You probably know about this Factory Girl definition syntax:

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :user do
    name 'Connie Customer'
  end
end

But did you know about this Factory Girl invocation syntax?

setup do
  @user = create(:user)
end

Or:

setup do
  @user = build(:user)
end

Or:

setup do
  post :create, user: attributes_for(:user)
end

It’s in there.

Configuration for Test::Unit / Shoulda:

class ActiveSupport::TestCase
  include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
end

Configuration for RSpec:

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
end

Configuration for Cucumber:

World FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods

Written by Dan Croak.