Monday, October 28, 2024 – Last week, Mr. Peter assigned me the task of refining and to push the seed data generator that was previously created to automate sample data generation. Initially, the code was tailored for use only in my local environment, hence it required significant cleaning before it could be shared. Since I had been testing it extensively in a trial-and-error setup, there was quite a bit of redundant code to sift through.
To start, I revamped the UI page, removing unused buttons and giving it a more streamlined appearance. Then, I focused on optimizing the view model for better functionality.
The seed data generator was designed to handle multiple entities with a single button click, which led to long stretches of code that required careful verification to ensure smooth data generation. Although most of the functions leveraged existing code, a few necessitated extra queries. This meant creating new functions in a separate project, which hadn’t been pushed previously.
In my initial implementation, I used a parallel foreach loop to expedite data generation by processing multiple records simultaneously. However, this approach occasionally caused errors when handling more than two processes concurrently. Switching back to a standard foreach loop resolved these errors but slowed down the data generation, making the process less efficient.
Apart from needing Mr. Peter’s approval for certain functions, as I was limited to using DLL-based functions. Towards the end of the week, the generator worked well in my environment and everything was successfully operational, although further testing might be necessary.