About
Machinist is a fixture management library for Ruby.
Installing
# Gemfile
gem 'machinist', '>= 2.0.0.beta2', group: 'test'
# ~$ bundle
# ~$ rails generate machinist:install
Building objects
User.make
# `make` builds it, and `make!` builds+saves it
User.make!
User.make! name: "David"
User.make!(:admin)
Defining blueprints
User.blueprint do
  name  { "User #{sn}" }
  email { "user-#{sn}@example.com" }
end
User.blueprint(:admin) do
  name  { "Admin User #{sn}" }
  admin { true }
end
Associations
Post.blueprint do
  author { User.make }
  comments(3)    # Makes 3 comments (has_many / habtm)
  author         # autodetect (Assumes there's User.blueprint)
end
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