Posts Tagged data
Data Generator
Posted by Martin in Performance on July 13th, 2010
My colleague and friend Mauricio (@mvgiacomello) shared a useful tip on Data Generation.
There is a web application that can generate test data based on a set of parameters. It can export the data on HTML, Excel, CSV, SQL and XML.
Their website has a demo that can generate up to 200 records. If you need more, you can download the code and deploy to your own server!
Here is what they say:
Ever needed custom formatted sample / test data, like, bad? Well, that’s the idea of the Data Generator. It’s a free, open source script written in JavaScript, PHP and MySQL that lets you quickly generate large volumes of custom data in a variety of formats for use in testing software, populating databases, and scoring with girls.
You can check it out at: http://www.generatedata.com/#generator
Chart Suggestions
Posted by Martin in Project Management on November 30th, 2009
Have you ever wondered about which chart to use when trying to show some data to your clients?
Here is a cool graph to help you with the decision!
Obviously your choice of chart and data will depend on who you’re presenting the data to. From my experience, don’t try to show a scatter chart with response times to a business executives.
