test_dummy
Test Dummy is an easy fake data generator library with the ability to create fake models or entirely faked data structures on-demand.
After installing the gem, methods to declare how to fake data are made available within ActiveRecord-derived models. There are several ways to declare how to dummy something:
class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
# Pass a block that defines how to dummy this attribute
dummy :name do
"user%d" % rand(10e6)
end
# Pass a block that defines how to dummy several attributes
dummy :password, :password_confirmation do
'tester'
end
# Use one of the pre-defined helper methods to dummy this attribute
dummy :nickname, :use => :random_phonetic_string
end
Dummy configuration can also be stored in test/dummy to avoid cluttering your models up with generators. An equivalent external declaration would look like this:
TestDummy.declare(MyModel) do
dummy :name do
"user%d" % rand(10e6)
end
dummy :password, :password_confirmation do
'tester'
end
dummy :nickname, :use => :random_phonetic_string
end
The name of the test/dummy file should be the same as the main model defined in app/models. For instance, app/models/my_model.rb would have a corresponding test/dummy/my_model.rb that would be loaded as required.
If you need to override this directory, you can configure the gem using the ‘dummy_directory` option:
TestDummy.dummy_directory = 'my_alternate/path'
Copyright
Copyright © 2010-2011 Scott Tadman, The Working Group