The little Random that could
4 days ago
- #Ruby
- #Random
- #Testing
- Random is considered the most undervalued module in Ruby's standard library.
- Random provides deterministic and repeatable sequences of pseudorandom numbers, unlike SecureRandom.
- Random is faster than SecureRandom, making it more suitable for certain applications.
- Random can be used in testing to ensure deterministic behavior, such as shuffling test cases.
- Random can generate seeds for reproducible data generation, useful in testing and simulations.
- Random can be combined with Faker to generate deterministic fake data for testing.
- Random can simulate distributions, useful for performance testing and simulations.