faker VS double

Compare faker vs double and see what are their differences.

double

Simple injectable test dependencies for Elixir (by sonerdy)
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faker double
3 0
1,009 47
1.5% -
7.4 3.4
7 days ago 9 months ago
Elixir Elixir
MIT License MIT License
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faker

Posts with mentions or reviews of faker. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-02.
  • Test Data Libraries for Elixir
    4 projects | dev.to | 2 May 2023
    Faker generates sample data that looks realistic but is fake. So, instead of using a sequence like those provided by ExMachina or ExZample, we can use Faker to generate false but genuine-looking data:
  • How to write test cases for databse related functions
    3 projects | /r/elixir | 5 Nov 2021
    Generating the data structs for the views can be automated using libraries like Faker and Blacksmith - and honestly writing your own generators is a fun and easy exercise in really understanding your data and how it's manipulated (which I would argue is critical to writing clean software).

double

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing faker and double you can also consider the following projects:

ex_machina - Create test data for Elixir applications

white_bread - 🍞 Story BDD tool for elixir using gherkin

blacksmith - Data generation framework for Elixir

FakerElixir - [unmaintained] FakerElixir generates fake data for you.

ecto_it - Ecto plugin with default configuration for repos for testing different ecto plugins with databases

chaperon - HTTP Service Performance & Load Testing Framework

power_assert - Power Assert in Elixir. Shows evaluation results each expression.

test_that_json - JSON-related helpers for your Elixir testing needs

espec_phoenix - ESpec for Phoenix web framework.

bypass - Bypass provides a quick way to create a custom plug that can be put in place instead of an actual HTTP server to return prebaked responses to client requests.

setup_tag - Use tags to mix and match your exunit test context

StreamData - Data generation and property-based testing for Elixir. 🔮