FakerElixir VS faker

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FakerElixir

[unmaintained] FakerElixir generates fake data for you. (by GesJeremie)
Testing Elixir elixir-lang Phoenix Seeding Database Dummy dummy-data Factory
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faker

Faker is a pure Elixir library for generating fake data. (by elixirs)
Testing Test Elixir Faker Seeding Seed testing-tools Qa Phoenix Data Database fake-content data-generator Generator Dummy developer-tools HacktoberFest
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150 1,018
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0.0 7.4
almost 2 years ago 5 days ago
Elixir Elixir
MIT License MIT License
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FakerElixir

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

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).
  • Succinct naming
    1 project | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 27 Feb 2021

What are some alternatives?

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

ex_machina - Create test data for Elixir applications

hound - Elixir library for writing integration tests and browser automation

white_bread - 🍞 Story BDD tool for elixir using gherkin

blacksmith - Data generation framework for Elixir

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

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

mecks_unit - A simple Elixir package to elegantly mock module functions within (asynchronous) ExUnit tests using Erlang's :meck library

chaperon - HTTP Service Performance & Load Testing Framework

Quixir - Property-based testing for Elixir

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

FakerElixir vs ex_machina faker vs ex_machina FakerElixir vs hound faker vs white_bread FakerElixir vs white_bread faker vs blacksmith FakerElixir vs excheck faker vs ecto_it FakerElixir vs mecks_unit faker vs chaperon FakerElixir vs Quixir faker vs power_assert