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  1. 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
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  2. New Docs for factory_bot

    We have improved the documentation for factory_bot, the fixture replacement.

    Mike Burns
    May 24, 2023
    • Ruby
    • Factory Bot
    • Open Source
  3. 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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  4. 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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    • Ruby
  5. factory_bot

    factory_girl is becoming factory_bot.

    Avielle Wolfe and Josh Clayton
    October 24, 2017
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  6. 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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  7. Factories Should be the Bare Minimum

    Keep it simple.

    Matt Sumner
    April 26, 2016
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  8. 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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  9. FactoryBot for Seed Data?

    Occasionally, somebody recommends or asks about using FactoryBot to generate...

    Josh Clayton
    November 13, 2013
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  10. 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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