factory_girl is a fixtures replacement with a straightforward definition syntax, support for multiple build strategies (saved instances, unsaved instances, attribute hashes, and stubbed objects), and support for multiple factories for the same class (user, admin_user, and so on), including factory inheritance.

If you want to use factory_girl with Rails 3, see factory_girl_rails.

You should find the documentation for your version of factory_girl on Rubygems.

See {file:GETTING_STARTED.md} for information on defining and using factories.

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factory_girl was written by Joe Ferris with contributions from several authors, including:

• Alex Sharp
• Eugene Bolshakov
• Jon Yurek
• Josh Nichols
• Josh Owens
• Nate Sutton

The syntax layers are derived from software written by the following authors:

• Pete Yandell
• Rick Bradley
• Yossef Mendelssohn

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