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Placeholder Forge

Placeholder Forge

Anand Kore

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Generate random placeholder data for testing and development
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Placeholder Forge

A Visual Studio Code extension for generating random placeholder data for testing and development purposes.

Features

Generate various types of placeholder data directly from the editor context menu:

  • Random Names
  • Email Addresses
  • Phone Numbers
  • Physical Addresses
  • Company Names
  • Bank Names
  • Lorem Ipsum Text

Usage

  1. Right-click in the editor where you want to insert placeholder data
  2. Select "Generate Placeholder Data" from the context menu
  3. Choose the type of data you want to generate

Alternatively, you can use the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P):

  • Type "Generate" to see all available placeholder generation commands

Installation

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "Random Placeholder Generator"
  4. Click Install

Examples

  • Generate a random name: "John Smith"
  • Generate an email: "john.smith@example.com"
  • Generate a phone number: "(555) 123-4567"
  • Generate an address: "123 Main St, Anytown, ST 12345"
  • Generate a company name: "Acme Corporation"
  • Generate a bank name: "First National Bank"
  • Generate lorem ipsum: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..."

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests on the GitHub repository.

License

MIT

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