Generate Fake Data for Your JavaScript Applications Using Faker(scotch.io)

6 pointsby rakeshmenonvor 12 Jahren4 comments

Generate Fake Data for Your JavaScript Applications Using Faker

https://scotch.io/tutorials/generate-fake-data-for-your-javascript-applications-using-faker

2 comments

e28etavor 12 Jahren

I've done something similar at work, primarily to generate random data that'll pass our validation checks (real cities, valid SSN, etc).

It seems strange to me that the email address and usernames in the samples are based on a person's name, but they're different from the user's actual name.

I chose to just take the name, and transform it for the email address. I think some consistency will make it easier to test that the right user data shows up in the right places while testing.

rakeshmenonvor 12 Jahren

sounds interesting and useful.. is your code open-source? Can we see your work?

elliotecvor 12 Jahren

I've used Faker and like it. For mocking big datasets I prefer http://www.mockaroo.com/ served by https://github.com/typicode/json-server

rakeshmenonvor 12 Jahren

yep! It's takes care of a lot of useless headache when it comes to testing or so :)