factory_girl_elixir vs ex_machina

factory_girl_elixir

Minimal implementation of Ruby's factory_girl in Elixir. (by sinetris)

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ex_machina

Create test data for Elixir applications (by beam-community)

Testing Elixir factory-definitions Factories

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factory_girl_elixir		ex_machina
	Project
-	Mentions	2
43	Stars	1,871
-	Growth	0.3%
0.0	Activity	6.8
almost 9 years ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Elixir	Language	Elixir
MIT License	License	MIT License

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ex_machina

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Test Data Libraries for Elixir
4 projects | dev.to | 2 May 2023

The factory library ExMachina created by Thoughbot uses function names and generates an atom used to call factories. For example:
How to write test cases for databse related functions
3 projects | /r/elixir | 5 Nov 2021

The well known FactoryBot (FactoryGirl) from rails has a pretty good equivalent in Phoenix as ExMachina (https://github.com/thoughtbot/ex_machina) and does the job really well (thoughtbot is a pretty good and stable contributor too, so a nice Omakase plug-in!)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing factory_girl_elixir and ex_machina you can also consider the following projects:

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.

faker - Faker is a pure Elixir library for generating fake data.

test_that_json - JSON-related helpers for your Elixir testing needs

blacksmith - Data generation framework for Elixir

amrita - A polite, well mannered and thoroughly upstanding testing framework for Elixir

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

excheck - Property-based testing library for Elixir (QuickCheck style).

espec - Elixir Behaviour Driven Development

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

espec_phoenix - ESpec for Phoenix web framework.

kovacs

mox - Mocks and explicit contracts in Elixir