Factory Girl - what's the purpose?

Question

What\'s the purpose of Factory Girl in rspec tests when I could use before(:each) blocks? It feels like the only difference between Factory Girl and a bef

Answer 1

also fixture definitions are global across your entire application. Factories can be local - so data specific to a isolated test case is in the setup for that particular context and not in a single global fixtures file.

This book covers the subject very well if you want some more reading matter