mix_eunit VS ex_machina

Compare mix_eunit vs ex_machina and see what are their differences.

mix_eunit

A mix task to execute eunit tests. (by dantswain)
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ex_machina

Create test data for Elixir applications (by beam-community)
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mix_eunit ex_machina
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17 1,871
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0.0 6.8
about 7 years ago 3 months ago
Elixir Elixir
MIT License MIT License
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mix_eunit

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ex_machina

Posts with mentions or reviews of ex_machina. 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
    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 mix_eunit and ex_machina you can also consider the following projects:

Mockery - Simple mocking library for asynchronous testing in Elixir.

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

hound - Elixir library for writing integration tests and browser automation

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

mix_erlang_tasks - Common tasks for Erlang projects that use Mix

blacksmith - Data generation framework for Elixir

mix_test_watch - 🎠 Because TDD is awesome

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

test_that_json - JSON-related helpers for your Elixir testing needs

espec - Elixir Behaviour Driven Development

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

espec_phoenix - ESpec for Phoenix web framework.

mix_eunit vs Mockery ex_machina vs faker mix_eunit vs hound ex_machina vs factory_girl_elixir mix_eunit vs mix_erlang_tasks ex_machina vs blacksmith mix_eunit vs mix_test_watch ex_machina vs FakerElixir mix_eunit vs test_that_json ex_machina vs espec mix_eunit vs excheck ex_machina vs espec_phoenix