# Updating from FactoryGirl to FactoryBot

DevFeed: [Updating from FactoryGirl to FactoryBot](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/updating-from-factorygirl-to-factorybot-15935.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/updating-from-factorygirl-to-factorybot>)

Author: David Haley

Published: 2017-11-14T02:02:45Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>)

Tags: [continuous-integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/continuous-integration.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [factorybot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/factorybot.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes Square Payroll's migration from FactoryGirl to FactoryBot after ThoughtBot renamed the Ruby testing library in 2017. It explains the concerns about the former name and reports that the codebase update and review were completed quickly.

## Source excerpt

On October 24th, 2017 the ThoughtBot team renamed their popular Ruby testing library FactoryGirl to FactoryBot. They explained their...