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Faker

C# port of the Ruby Faker gem (http://faker.rubyforge.org/) and is used to easily generate fake data: names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.

Available as a NuGet package (https://nuget.org/packages/Faker.Net).

Get the code via git:

git clone git://github.com/slashdotdash/faker-cs.git

Supported version:

.NET framework 3.5 SP1,
.NET framework 4.0,
Silverlight 3.0,
Silverlight 4.0,
Silverlight 5.0,
Windows Phone 7,
Windows Phone 7.1,

Usage

Add a reference to Faker.dll in your project within Visual Studio.

Start using the Faker methods to generate your random test data.

Names, phone numbers and emails

var name = Faker.Name.FullName();  // "Alene Hayes"
Faker.Internet.Email(name);  // "[email protected]"
Faker.Internet.UserName(name);  // "alene.hayes"

Faker.Internet.Email();  // "[email protected]"
Faker.Internet.FreeEmail();  // "[email protected]"

Faker.Internet.DomainName();  // "larkinhirthe.com"

Faker.Phone.Number();  // "(033)216-0058 x0344"

Addresses

Faker.Address.StreetAddress();  // "52613 Turcotte Lock"
Faker.Address.SecondaryAddress();  // "Suite 656"
Faker.Address.City();  // "South Wavaside"

Faker.Address.UkCounty();  // "West Glamorgan"
Faker.Address.UkPostCode().ToUpper();  // "BQ7 3AM"

Faker.Address.UsState();  // "Tennessee"
Faker.Address.ZipCode();  // "66363-7828"

Lorem Ipsum sentences and paragraphs

Faker.Lorem.Sentence();  // "Voluptatem repudiandae necessitatibus assumenda dolor illo maiores in."
Faker.Lorem.Paragraph();  /* "Rerum dolor cumque cum animi consequatur praesentium. Enim quia quia modi est ut. Dolores qui debitis qui perspiciatis autem quas. Expedita distinctio earum aut. Delectus assumenda rerum quibusdam harum iusto." */

Buzzword bingo

Last, but not least, you can generate company names, catchphrases and bs!

Faker.Company.Name();  // "Dickens Group"
Faker.Company.CatchPhrase();  // "User-centric neutral internet solution"
Faker.Company.BS();  // "transition proactive solution"

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