FakeServer VS ex_machina

Compare FakeServer vs ex_machina and see what are their differences.

FakeServer

FakeServer integrates with ExUnit to make external APIs testing simpler (by bernardolins)
Testing Elixir Test fake-server Exunit Macros Fake Stub HTTP http-test
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ex_machina

Create test data for Elixir applications (by beam-community)
Testing Elixir factory-definitions Factories
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FakeServer ex_machina
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72 1,871
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0.0 6.8
about 4 years ago 3 months ago
Elixir Elixir
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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FakeServer

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

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 FakeServer 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.

chaperon - HTTP Service Performance & Load Testing Framework

factory_girl_elixir - Minimal implementation of Ruby's factory_girl in Elixir.

Quixir - Property-based testing for Elixir

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

ex_parameterized - This library support parameterized test with test_with_params macro.

blacksmith - Data generation framework for Elixir

test_that_json - JSON-related helpers for your Elixir testing needs

espec - Elixir Behaviour Driven Development

Stubr - Stubr is a set of functions helping people to create stubs and spies in Elixir.

espec_phoenix - ESpec for Phoenix web framework.

FakeServer vs bypass ex_machina vs faker FakeServer vs chaperon ex_machina vs factory_girl_elixir FakeServer vs Quixir ex_machina vs FakerElixir FakeServer vs ex_parameterized ex_machina vs blacksmith FakeServer vs test_that_json ex_machina vs espec FakeServer vs Stubr ex_machina vs espec_phoenix