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

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Post by theandym » Mon, Oct 15, 2012, 4:04 PM UTC

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

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

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Post by theandym » Mon, Oct 15, 2012, 4:05 PM UTC

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...

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

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Post by ygra » Mon, Oct 15, 2012, 4:30 PM UTC

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.

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

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Post by theandym » Mon, Oct 15, 2012, 4:55 PM UTC

ygra wrote: post #3

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.

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