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factory_bot 6.3.0

factory_bot 6.3.0 is out, with Ruby 3.2 support, better docs, and more hooks.
Mike Burns
September 5, 2023
New Docs for factory_bot

We have improved the documentation for factory_bot, the fixture replacement.
Mike Burns
May 24, 2023
Tips for Using FactoryBot Without an ORM

Exploring how to use FactoryBot effectively with models backed by plain Ruby objects.
Oli Peate
April 28, 2022
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Deprecating static attributes in factory_bot 4.11

Static attributes have been the source of much confusion over the years. Their deprecation will come with a rubocop-rspec Cop to automatically replace with dynamic attributes.
Daniel Colson
August 16, 2018
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factory_bot

factory_girl is becoming factory_bot.
Avielle Wolfe and Josh Clayton
October 24, 2017
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Debugging Why Your Specs Have Slowed Down

Your test suite used to be lightning fast but now it’s starting to feel a bit sluggish. Before adding CI parallelization, let’s see if there’s any clutter to remove.
Mike Wenger
September 22, 2017
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Factories Should be the Bare Minimum

Keep it simple.
Matt Sumner
April 26, 2016
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Speed Up Tests by Selectively Avoiding Factory Bot

Learn one simple way to speed up your tests with the factory_bot gem!
Josh Clayton
August 14, 2014
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FactoryBot for Seed Data?

Occasionally, somebody recommends or asks about using FactoryBot to generate...
Josh Clayton
November 13, 2013
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- Ruby
- Testing
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
Taming Factory Bot List Creation

There are times in your tests when you need to create multiple instances of...
Derek Prior
July 13, 2013
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- Ruby
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- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
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