category: Ruby libraries
layout: 2017/sheet
weight: -3
-updated: 2020-06-24
+updated: 2020-07-06
keywords:
- "FactoryBot.define do"
- "factory :user"
- "first_name 'John'"
- "sequence(:username) { |n| \"user#{n}\" }"
tags: [Featurable]
-intro: |
- [Factory Bot](http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/factory_bot/) is a helper for writing factories for Ruby tests.
- It was previously known as Factory Girl. For older versions, use `FactoryGirl` instead of `FactoryBot`.
---
## Factories
{: .-three-column}
+### Introduction
+{: .-intro}
+
+[Factory Bot](http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/factory_bot/) is a helper for writing factories for Ruby tests. It was previously known as Factory Girl. For older versions, use `FactoryGirl` instead of `FactoryBot`.
+
+- [Factory Bot documentation](http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/factory_bot/) _(rubydoc.info)_
+- [Getting started](https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot/blob/master/GETTING_STARTED.md) _(github.com)_
+- [Source code](https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot) _(github.com)_
+
### Defining factories
```ruby