Factory(:some_factory) or FactoryGirl.create(:some_factory)

Question

Is there any difference between Factory(:some_factory) and FactoryGirl.create(:some_factory)?

Factory(:some_factory) was causing ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch in one controller spec while FactoryGirl.create(:some_factory) was not causing it

Answer 1

Factory(:some_factory) and Factory.create(:some_factory) were used in older versions of FactoryGirl but deprecated in favor of the current FactoryGirl.create(:some_factory) syntax.