[Unit Testing for Zombie] 06. Using Factory

FACTORIES

Convert the zombies fixture to a Factory Girl Factory called :zombie.

test/fixture/zombies.yml

zombie:

  name: 'Sally'

  graveyard: 'Valley Dim'

Answer:

test/factories/zombies.rb

FactoryGirl.define do

  factory :zombie do

   name 'Sally'

   graveyard 'Valley Dim'

  end

end

Why using factory instead of fixture?

COMPLEX FACTORIES

Use a nested Factory Girl definition to create zombie factories named :sally and :moe, using the data from the fixtures below.

test/fixtures/zombies.yml

ash:

  name: 'Ash'

  graveyard: 'Petrosville'

sally:

  name: 'Sally'

  graveyard: 'Valley Dim'

moe:

  name: 'Moe'

  graveyard: 'Petrosville'

Answer:

test/factories/zombies.rb

FactoryGirl.define do

  factory :zombie do

    name 'Ash'

    graveyard 'Petrosville'

    # Add sally and moe here

    factory :sally do

      name 'Sally'

      graveyard 'Valley Dim'

    end

    factory :moe do

      name 'Moe'

    end

  end

end

How to create a factory?

What's good in factory?

We can use nested factory to create new factory and reused common part.

UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES

Refactor the zombie factory using a sequence so that we get a unique name and graveyardeverytime we create a new zombie.

FactoryGirl.define do

  factory :zombie do

    sequence(:name) {|i| "Ash#{i}" }

    sequence(:graveyard) { |j| "Petrosville Cemetary#{j}" }

  end

end

Why using sequence?

Every time using a Factory, it equals to :

FactoryGirl.create(:zombie) //create new zombie instance and save into db

But if the data should be uniqueness, then it will cause some problem like: ActiveRecord: RecordInvalid.

Then we can use sequence to solve this problem.

ASSOCIATIONS

Create a tweet factory with a zombie association, don't forget to set a tweet status.

FactoryGirl.define do

  factory :zombie do

    name 'Sally'

    graveyard 'Valley Dim'

  end

end

Answer:

FactoryGirl.define do

  factory :tweet do

    status "Eat a brain"

    association :zombie

  end

end

What about data relationship?

USING FACTORIES

Using factories write a test to verify that a tweet is invalid without a status. Be sure tobuild the Tweet, rather than create it.

FactoryGirl.define do

  factory :tweet do

    association :zombie

    status "Need brain factory."

  end

end

Answer:

class TweetTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase

  test "A tweet requires a status" do

    tweet = Factory.build(:tweet, status: nil)

    assert !tweet.valid?, "Status is not being validated"

  end

end

USING FACTORIES II

Create a tweet using a factory. Then, using Capybara, go to the tweets_url, click on thetweet.status link. Finally, assert that the tweet's show page contains [email protected] in its h3. Use Capybara's within and has_content? methods.

//index.html

<ul class="tweets">

  <li><%= link_to @tweet.status, tweets_url(@tweet) %></li>

</ul>

//show.html

<div id='<%="tweet_#{@tweet.id}"%>'>

  <h3><%= @tweet.zombie.name %></h3>

  <p><%= @tweet.status %></p>

</div>

test/factories/tweets.rb

FactoryGirl.define do

  factory :tweet do

    association :zombie

    status "Need brain factory."

  end

end

factories/zombies.rb

FactoryGirl.define do

  factory :zombie do

    name "Ash"

    graveyard "Factory Hills Cemetary"

  end

end

Answer:

class TweetTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest

  test "tweet page has zombie link" do

    tweet = Factory(:tweet)

    visit tweets_url

    click_link tweet.status

    within("h3") do

      assert has_content? (tweet.zombie.name)

    end

  end

end