basic-factory

Basic Factory

A basic tool providing an easy way to generate blocks of mock data for tests or as placeholders.

Basic Usage

1. Install NPM package

  npm install --save-dev basic-factory
  // OR YARN
  yarn add --dev basic-factory

1. Import Factory in {appDir}/helpers/factories.js

// ES6
import BasicFactory from 'basic-factory'

1. Initialize a new Factory

const factory = BasicFactory()

1. Register your Factory generators

factory.register('User', () => {
  // Would probably use Faker or something to generate these fields randomly.
  return {
    username: `user${Math.random() * 100}`,
    email: `user${Math.random() * 100}`
  }
})

1. Export your Factory instance

export default factory

1. Use factory in other files

import factory from '{appDir}/helpers/factories'

const oneUser = factory.create('User')
const arrayOfUsers = factory.createMany('User', 5)

Project Development

• yarn / npm install
• yarn test / npm run test

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md