Dataset gives you an easy, declarative method for constructing sets of data to be used in testing. It is a data loading framework. This is in contrast to Machinist and Factory Girl which focus only on making it easy to create new models for testing, but have no solution for loading sets of data. Read more: http://wiseheartdesign.com/2008/12/12/h1-meet-dataset-the-fixture-killing-data-loading-framework -- John Long http://wiseheartdesign.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---