Using factory_girl definitions in console
In my Gemfile, I am using factory_girl like so:
gem 'factory_girl_rails', :require => false
This makes your development environment load a little faster, but also means that you don’t have access to your factories in your development console.
No worries, loading factories is actually pretty simple. In your console do this:
require 'factory_girl' FactoryGirl.find_definitions
Just create/build factories as you normally would.