As a Rails developer you’ve surely seen factory like this:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :event do
sequence(:id, 1000)
sequence(:name) {|n| "Event #{n}" }
description 'Lorem ipsum Elit proident Excepteur commodo aliqua ut tempor laborum sunt labore incididunt qui.'
starts_at rand(3.days.ago..Time.now)
stops_at rand(Time.now..3.days.from_now)
lat rand(-90.0..90.0)
long rand(-180.0..180.0)
country_code 'IT'
city 'Milan'
address 'Via Venini 42'
published false
end
end
Faker is a gem that allow you to generate data. With Faker you can build a large amount of different kind of data with a simple DSL, saving you al lot of time. The same factroy rewritten using Faker would look like this.
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :event do
sequence(:id, 1000)
sequence(:name) {|n| "Event #{n}" }
description Faker::Lorem.paragraph
starts_at Faker::Date.between(3.days.ago, Date.today)
stops_at Faker::Date.forward(3)
lat Faker::Address.latitude
long Faker::Address.longitude
country_code Faker::Address.country_code
citi Faker::Address.city
address Faker::Address.street_address
published false
end
end
To use Faker in your rails app simply add gem 'faker'
in your gemfile.
Happy building!
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