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= Cucumber Factory - create ActiveRecord objects without step definitions

Cucumber Factory allows you to create ActiveRecord objects directly from your {Cucumber}[http://cukes.info/] features. No step definitions required.

== Installation

Install the gem:
    sudo gem sources -a http://gems.github.com
    sudo gem install makandra-cucumber_factory

Add the following to your <tt>Initializer.run</tt> block in your <tt>environment.rb</tt>:
    config.gem 'makandra-cucumber_factory', :lib => 'cucumber_factory', :source => 'http://gems.github.com'

Create a step definition stub in <tt>features/step_definitions/factory_steps.rb</tt>, which just says
    Cucumber::Factory.add_steps(this)

== Example 

The following will call {Movie.make}[http://github.com/notahat/machinist/tree/master], Movie.create! or Movie.new, depending on what's available:
    Given there is a movie

To create a new record with attributes set, you can say:
    Given there is a movie with the title "Sunshine" and the year "2007"

The following will also store the created record in <tt>@sunshine</tt>:
    Given "Sunshine" is a movie with the title "Sunshine" and the year "2007"

To set associations you can refer to other records by name:
    Given "Before Sunrise" is a movie
    And "Before Sunset" is a movie with the prequel "Before Sunrise"

You can also refer to the last created object of a kind by saying "above":
    Given there is a movie with the title "Before Sunrise"
    And "Before Sunset" is a movie with the prequel above

=== Credits

Henning Koch

{www.makandra.de}[http://www.makandra.de/]

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
makandra-cucumber_factory-0.1.2	README.rdoc
makandra-cucumber_factory-0.1.3	README.rdoc
makandra-cucumber_factory-1.1.5	README.rdoc