randomizer¶ ↑

The purpose of this gem is to generate realistic test data.

Generate a random user like so:

u = RandomUser.new

The following fields are available (all except the name are lazily-loaded):

• first_name, last_name, full_name: Chosen from lists of common first and last names in the United States.

• nickname: short one-word all-lowercase name appropriate for a username/login/handle, based on real name.

• password: random eight characters.

• email: email address based on nickname and common email domains.

• avatar_url: URL to an avatar image on allavatars.com.

If a nickname or email address is taken, you can regenerate them:

u.regenerate_nickname
u.regenerate_email

Generate a random text like so:

g = MarkovTextGenerator.new
g.random(2)

This will generate two sentences of text based on the Markov algorithm. The initializer accepts any sufficiently-long string to be used as a pattern. The gem includes Aesop’s fairy tales (used by default), Alice in Wonderland, the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and Latin gibberish (lorem ipsum…).

• Fork the project.

• Make your feature addition or bug fix.

• Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.

• Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)

• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

Copyright © 2009 Paul Canavese. See LICENSE for details.