Case Study on Real Test Data Generation for Web Applications Andrey Langovoy Devart

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Agenda 1.Why generate test data? 2.Existing ways to generate test data 3.Live demo

What is Test Data? Test data is data which has been specifically identified for use in tests, typically of a computer program. Wikipedia

Why Generate Test Data?  No existing data available  Confidential data  Lack of data (e.g. for load testing)

Creating Proper Testing Environment Creating test data is: Time consuming Expensive A challenge (domain, integrity)

Data Generation Anti-Patterns Manual data creation Hand-made scripts

Actual Data Generated Manually

Expected Test Data

Microsoft Solution Embedded in SSDT

Using RegEx to Create Realistic Test Data

Discontinued Product Since Data Generation is not included and is not planned to be released in the future. Third party tooling will have to be relied upon for that functionality.

dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server