Show HN: progLipsum, Dead Simple Test Data Generation For Developers

by theandym • 14 years ago

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theandym2• 14 years ago

I've been in many situations where I needed test data to use while developing or validating code. progLipsum (name subject to change) is my answer to making it easy for developers to get the data they need to test with.

Is progLipsum something that you find useful? What changes or additions would you make? I appreciate any feedback, and aim to continue development if this proves to meet the needs of other developers.

Also, I developed this as a solo entry for Rails Rumble 2012 - if you like it I would appreciate a vote at http://railsrumble.com/entries/355-proglipsum ;) Feedback is far more important though...

ygra• 14 years ago

Looks nice so far, although I would have to think a while to find a case where I needed predominantly name and address dummy data :-)

A few more sets of possible data geared towards specific regions might be nice. For example right now the output is exclusively ASCII which is unlikely to hit any legacy charset mismatches.

theandym2• 14 years ago

Very good points. Any specific variable types / sets that'd make it more useful for you (or devs in general)?

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