rspec: product - using FactoryGirl

venshop_app/spec/factories.rb

 FactoryGirl.define do
   factory :user do
-    # name  "Michael Hartl"
-    # email "michael@example.com"
     sequence(:name)  { |n| "Person #{n}" }
     sequence(:email) { |n| "person_#{n}@example.com"}
     password "foobar"
@@ -11,6 +9,29 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
       admin true
     end
   end
+
+  factory :product_category do
+    sequence(:name)  { |n| "Category #{n}" }
+  end
+
+  factory :product do
+    sequence(:name)  { |n| "Product name #{n}" }
+    sequence(:description)  { |n| "Description #{n}" }
+    headline "foobar"
+    availability "instock"
+    code 'Code'
+    condition 'Condition'
+    image_small ''
+    image_medium 'Image Path'
+    review_rate 0
+    review_count 0
+    price_currency 'USD'
+    price 0
+    product_category_id 0
+    user_id 0
+    status true
+  end
+
 end
 
 def sign_in(user, options={})

venshop_app/spec/requests/product_pages_spec.rb

@@ -15,32 +15,9 @@ describe "Products Page" do
 
     describe "pagination" do
       before(:all) {
-        @product_category = ProductCategory.new(
-          name: "Product category name"
-        )
-        @product_category.save
-        @user = User.new(name: "Example User", email: "user_product_test@example.com", password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar")
-        @user.save
-        99.times do |n|
-          @product = Product.new(
-            name: "Example #{n} User",
-            description: "user@example.com",
-            headline: "foobar",
-            availability: "instock",
-            code: 'Code',
-            condition: 'Condition',
-            image_small: '',
-            image_medium: 'Image Path',
-            review_rate: 0,
-            review_count: 0,
-            price_currency: 'USD',
-            price: 0,
-            product_category_id: @product_category.id,
-            user_id: @user.id,
-            status: true
-          )
-          @product.save
-        end
+        @product_category = FactoryGirl.create(:product_category)
+        @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+        99.times { FactoryGirl.create(:product, product_category_id: @product_category.id, user_id: @user.id) }
       }
       after(:all) do
         Product.delete_all
@@ -63,10 +40,7 @@ describe "Products Page" do
   describe "category page" do
     describe "with valid category id" do
       before do
-        @product_category = ProductCategory.new(
-          name: "Product category name"
-        )
-        @product_category.save
+        @product_category = FactoryGirl.create(:product_category)
         visit product_category_path(@product_category)
       end
 
@@ -98,30 +72,9 @@ describe "Products Page" do
 
     describe "with valid product id" do
       before do
-        @product_category = ProductCategory.new(
-          name: "Product category name"
-        )
-        @product_category.save
-        @user = User.new(name: "Example User", email: "user_product_test@example.com", password: "foobar", password_confirmation: "foobar")
-        @user.save
-        @product = Product.new(
-          name: "Example User",
-          description: "user@example.com",
-          headline: "foobar",
-          availability: "instock",
-          code: 'Code',
-          condition: 'Condition',
-          image_small: '',
-          image_medium: 'Image Path',
-          review_rate: 0,
-          review_count: 0,
-          price_currency: 'USD',
-          price: 0,
-          product_category_id: @product_category.id,
-          user_id: @user.id,
-          status: 1
-        )
-        @product.save
+        @product_category = FactoryGirl.create(:product_category)
+        @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+        @product = FactoryGirl.create(:product, product_category_id: @product_category.id, user_id: @user.id)
         visit product_path(@product)
       end