Fun with Factories!

factories.rb

FactoryGirl.define do  
    factory :micropost do
      content Faker::Lorem.characters(140)
      user
    end

    factory :relationship do
      follower_id 
      followed_id 
    end

  	factory :user do 
  		name Faker::Name.name
  		sequence(:email) { |n| "example-#{n}@example.com"}
  		password 'password'
  		password_confirmation 'password'
  		activated true
  		activated_at Time.zone.now

      factory :user_with_posts do
        transient do
          posts_count 1
        end

        after(:create) do |user,evaluator|
          create_list(:micropost, evaluator.posts_count, user: user)
        end
      end
  	end

end