daeltar-mini_factory

mini_factory is simple factory builder

Put following line in your test enviroment file: config.gem 'daeltar-mini_factory', :source => 'http://gems.github.com', :lib => 'mini_factory'

Create some factories under Rails test directory in file called factories.rb:

Factory.define :account do 
  { 
    :login    => "alexis", 
    :password => "topsecret" 
  }
end

Example usage of factory in your tests:

test "xml" do
  xml = Factory.build(:account).to_xml # build but not save object
  assert !xml.include?("account-id")
end

test "should authenticate user" do 
  account = Factory.create(:account) # creates and save object
  assert_equal Account.authenticate('alexis', 'topsecret'), account                                                                           
end

test "should create account" do
  assert_difference('Account.count') do
    post :create, :account => Factory.attributes_for(:account) # returns hash
  end
end