About fake data generator
Fake data lets you test forms, databases and designs without using real people's details.
Good practice
- Never use real customer data in test environments.
- Generated emails use reserved example domains, so no real inbox receives test messages.
- Use enough rows to test paging and performance.
A worked example
To test a sign-up page, generate 50 users with a name, an email on a reserved domain and a mobile number. Load them into a test database to check sorting, paging and search without touching real customer records.
Realistic testing
- Include odd cases such as very long names, accents and empty fields.
- Generate enough rows to see performance problems.
- Keep test data away from production systems.
Repeatable tests
If your tool allows a seed value, reuse it, so every test run gets the same data and failures can be reproduced exactly.
