⚡ Dummy Data Generator

A full-stack Node.js + MongoDB project that generates random employee data with a sleek Bootstrap UI.
Perfect for testing, seeding databases, and learning MERN stack basics.

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🎯 Why This Project?

• Helps developers seed realistic data in MongoDB
• Eliminates manual data entry for testing
• A starter template for projects involving data generation
• Showcases integration of Node.js + Express + Mongoose + EJS + Bootstrap

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🏆 Highlights

• ✨ One-click generation of employees
• ✨ Data automatically stored in MongoDB
• ✨ Responsive Bootstrap 5 UI
• ✨ Success toast notifications
• ✨ Auto-updating table of employees

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📌 Tech Stack Overview

Layer	Technology
Backend	Node.js, Express.js
Database	MongoDB, Mongoose
Frontend	EJS Templates, Bootstrap 5
Utilities	Nodemon (dev), Random data utilities

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🗂️ Project Layout

📦 DummyDataGenerator ┣ 📂 models/ # Mongoose models ┃ ┗ Empolyee.js ┣ 📂 views/ # EJS templates (frontend UI) ┃ ┗ index.ejs ┣ 📜 dummydata.js # Main Express server ┣ 📜 package.json # Dependencies & scripts ┣ 📜 package-lock.json # Lockfile ┣ 📜 .gitignore # Ignored files/folders

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⚙️ Getting Started

1️⃣ Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/Arsh-pixel-cmd/Dummy-Data-Generator
cd Dummy-Data-Generator

2️⃣ Install dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Setup MongoDB

Ensure MongoDB is running locally. Default connection:

mongodb://your_connection_string/your_database_name

4️⃣ Start the server

npm run dev

✅ Console Output:

Example app listening on port 3000

🖥️ Usage Guide

• Open browser → http://localhost:3000
• Click ⚡ Generate Employees
• Employees appear in the MongoDB employees collection
• UI table displays the latest employees
• ✅ Toast appears: Employees generated successfully!

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📊 Example Employee Document

{
  "name": "Sanya",
  "salary": 78000,
  "language": "JavaScript",
  "city": "Pune",
  "position": "UX Designer",
  "isManager": true
}

🔥 Screenshots

🏠 Homepage

📋 Employees Table

✅ Toast Notification

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📡 API Support

You can also use the backend API without the UI:

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/	Renders homepage (EJS)
GET	/generate	Generates 10 new employees & returns JSON

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🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the project
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/newFeature)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m "Added new feature")
4. Push & Open a PR

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📜 License

Licensed under the MIT License — feel free to use & modify.

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