mecks_unit
A simple Elixir package to elegantly mock module functions within (asynchronous) ExUnit tests using Erlang's :meck library (by archan937)
ex_machina
Create test data for Elixir applications (by beam-community)
| mecks_unit | ex_machina | |
|---|---|---|
| - | 2 | |
| 55 | 1,872 | |
| - | 0.2% | |
| 0.0 | 6.8 | |
| about 4 years ago | 4 months ago | |
| Elixir | Elixir | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Test Data Libraries for Elixir
The factory library ExMachina created by Thoughbot uses function names and generates an atom used to call factories. For example:
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How to write test cases for databse related functions
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 mecks_unit and ex_machina you can also consider the following projects:
kovacs
faker - Faker is a pure Elixir library for generating fake data.
mox - Mocks and explicit contracts in Elixir
factory_girl_elixir - Minimal implementation of Ruby's factory_girl in Elixir.
FakerElixir - [unmaintained] FakerElixir generates fake data for you.
blacksmith - Data generation framework for Elixir
Quixir - Property-based testing for Elixir
espec - Elixir Behaviour Driven Development
fqc - FiFo Quickcheck helper
espec_phoenix - ESpec for Phoenix web framework.