Factory_bot: What does "build_stubbed" means?

Created on 18 Apr 2017 · 1Comment · Source: thoughtbot/factory_bot

Hello, I am new to factory_girl. Sorry if I asked some stupid question.

In GETTING_STARTED.md, there is one thing called build_stubbed.

# Returns an object with all defined attributes stubbed out
stub = build_stubbed(:user)

The comment is not really helpful, can anyone please explain more about this? Perhaps we can update the readme to help out people to understand too.

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jeffrey008

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Check out more here: _Use Factory Girl's build_stubbed for a Faster Test Suite_

build_stubbed is the younger, more hip sibling to build; it instantiates and assigns attributes just like build, but that’s where the similarities end. It makes objects look look _[sic]_ like they’ve been persisted, creates associations with the build_stubbed strategy (whereas build still uses create), and stubs out a handful of methods that interact with the database and raises if you call them. This leads to much faster tests and reduces your test dependency on a database.

Thomascountz on 18 Apr 2017

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Check out more here: _Use Factory Girl's build_stubbed for a Faster Test Suite_

build_stubbed is the younger, more hip sibling to build; it instantiates and assigns attributes just like build, but that’s where the similarities end. It makes objects look look _[sic]_ like they’ve been persisted, creates associations with the build_stubbed strategy (whereas build still uses create), and stubs out a handful of methods that interact with the database and raises if you call them. This leads to much faster tests and reduces your test dependency on a database.

Thomascountz on 18 Apr 2017

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