Better db seeding for tests

app/Contact.php

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ class Contact extends Model
     protected $table = 'contacts';
 
     /**
-     * We shall set a blacklist of non-modifiable model attributes.
+     * We shall guard against mass-migration.
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $guarded = ['id'];
+    protected $fillable = ['nick', 'name', 'homepage', 'twitter', 'facebook'];
 }

database/seeds/ContactsTableSeeder.php

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Contact;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class ContactsTableSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -11,22 +12,18 @@ class ContactsTableSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        DB::table('contacts')->insert([
+        Contact::create([
             'nick' => 'tantek',
-            'name' => 'Tantek Çelik',
+            'name' => 'Tanetk Çelik',
             'homepage' => 'http://tantek.com',
             'twitter' => 't',
-            'created_at' => '2016-01-12 16:11:00',
-            'updated_at' => '2016-01-12 16:11:00',
         ]);
-
-        DB::table('contacts')->insert([
+        Contact::create([
             'nick' => 'aaron',
             'name' => 'Aaron Parecki',
             'homepage' => 'https://aaronparecki.com',
             'twitter' => 'aaronpk',
-            'created_at' => '2016-01-12 16:12:00',
-            'updated_at' => '2016-01-12 16:12:00',
+            'facebook' => '123456',
         ]);
     }
 }