Machinist vs FactoryGirl - pros and cons

Question

I\'m working with factory_girl, but looking at the machinist gem. Could you tell me please - what are the pros and cons of migrating to machinist? Have you compared those libs?<

Answer 1

Actually, Machinist has a big advantage over Factory Girl: it doesn't hit the DB for associated objects. Look here:

Machinist vs Factory Girl: Machinist win!

Still not sure about how Machinist handles this, but anyhow it could be a huge performance boost for your test base.