How To Generate Dummy Data in Ruby, Perl and Python

You’re building a web application, and you need some realistic information to shove into it. You need to check that your validation functions work perfectly, and see that your product actually works. The only problem is, you can’t really use real-world data. There are just far too many legal and ethical considerations you need to make. Indeed, in some jurisdictions, there are specific legal obstacles to using real-world data in development environments. Take, for instance, the UK. Here, there’s something called the Data Protection Act, 1998. It’s quite unambiguous with how companies are allowed to handle the data it retains:...

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