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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Actual Data Generated Manually

9. Expected Test Data

10. Microsoft Solution Embedded in SSDT

11. Using RegEx to Create Realistic Test Data

12. Discontinued Product Since 2013 http://bit.ly/1MY2t86 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.

13. dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server