Use factory-boy and pytest-factoryboy to make object factories and fixtures
#643
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Factoryboy is a slight improvement over our DIY factory setup because it makes it easier to set "deep" attributes of objects.
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My hope is that this more ergonomic API will encourage using factories directly more often, rather than creating many one-off fixtures with slightly different attributes.