Month: June 2024

LAS VEGAS — Tonight’s presidential debate ended abruptly when Donald Trump was served with papers notifying him that he had been indicted for the murder of an elderly man on CNN.

"Hey, I didn’t do anything!" Trump told authorities. "He was like that when I got here!"

Trump, who had planned to debate President Joe Biden, argued that the strange old man keeled over all on his own.

"The very idea…" the old man said before slumping over onto a nearby podium. It was also at this point that Trump discovered the man had been propped up by an apparatus and could not stand on his own.

"You now, I got here and everything was fine. CNN is fake news, but I’m here and they’ve been nice tonight," Trump said. "But then there was this dead old man in the corner. And I thought, wow, the game must be afoot, you know? And believe me, I was about to solve this murder before you got here."

"Yeah, yeah!" said Officer Nolan of the LVPD. "Why don’t we talk about this downtown."

"Ahhh! Political persecution!" Trump said as he was dragged away. But he couldn’t explain away the blood on his hands.

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Testing is an integral part of software development, and Laravel provides a robust framework for setting up tests. However, sometimes you need dummy data to test your application efficiently. In Laravel, this is done using seeders and the Faker library. This guide will walk you through creating and seeding test data in a Laravel application.

1. Introduction to Seeding

Seeders in Laravel provide a convenient way to populate your database with sample data. This is particularly useful during the development phase when you want to test your application with real-ish data.

2. Setting Up

Before you can use seeders, make sure you’ve set up a database and configured your .env file with the correct database connection details.

3. Creating a Seeder

To create a seeder, use the Artisan command-line tool:

php artisan make:seeder UsersTableSeeder

This will generate a new seeder class in the database/seeders directory.

4. Using Faker

Laravel uses the Faker library for generating random data. This library provides a plethora of methods to create data of different types.

You can even create your own formatters in Faker if you have specific format of data you need.

To use Faker in your seeder:

use Faker\Factory as Faker;

public function run()
{
    $faker = Faker::create();

    foreach (range(1, 10) as $index) {
        DB::table('users')->insert([
            'name' => $faker->name,
            'email' => $faker->email,
            'password' => bcrypt('secret'),
        ]);
    }
}

5. Model Factories

While seeders are powerful, Laravel recommends using model factories for generating large sets of test data.

Step 1: Create a factory.

php artisan make:factory UserFactory

This will create a new factory in the database/factories directory.

Step 2: Define the model’s default state.

use App\Models\User;

$factory->define(User::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        'name' => $faker->name,
        'email' => $faker->unique()->safeEmail,
        'password' => bcrypt('password'),
    ];
});

Step 3: Use the factory in your seeder.

public function run()
{
    factory(App\Models\User::class, 50)->create();
}

This will create 50 users with random names, emails, and passwords.

6. Relationships and Test Data

Often, you’ll want to create test data that has relationships. For instance, a user might have many posts.

First, you’d define a relationship in the User model:

public function posts()
{
    return $this->hasMany('App\Models\Post');
}

Then, in the Post factory:

$factory->define(App\Models\Post::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        'user_id' => function () {
            return factory(App\Models\User::class)->create()->id;
        },
        'title' => $faker->sentence,
        'body' => $faker->paragraph,
    ];
});

7. Running Seeders

Once your seeders are set up, you can run them using:

php artisan db:seed --class=UsersTableSeeder

Or to run all seeders:

php artisan db:seed

8. Resetting and Reseeding

If you want to rollback all your migrations, run them again and then run the seeders, you can use:

php artisan migrate:refresh --seed

Seeding test data in Laravel can greatly improve the development and testing process. Using the combination of seeders, the Faker library, and model factories, you can generate realistic data sets to effectively test your application’s functionality.

Remember, while this data is great for development and testing, always ensure your production database is secured and not populated with test data.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL — The Trump campaign announced Monday that the former president had begun preparing for his upcoming debate with Joe Biden by visiting nursing homes and arguing with dementia patients.

"George, you’re wrong about Lime JELL-O. Nobody likes it," Trump said as he argued with a 94-year-old man dementia patient who claims to be constantly observed by Russian spies. "It doesn’t taste good! Everyone’s telling me all the time how much they hate it and you’re going to say they should serve it every day? On DAY ONE I will ban Lime JELL-O."

Elderly onlookers applauded as Trump slammed the dementia patient after suddenly picking a fight with him while he ate his dessert.

"It’s like he’s saying what we’re all thinking," said Constance Woodrow, a 78-year-old Alzheimer’s patient.

In another instance, Trump yelled at a WWII veteran until he started crying.

"Greatest generation? More like lamest generation," Trump quipped, invoking laughs from orderlies. "You complain about loud music when people — good people — are trying to listen to jazz. You make me sick, to tell you the truth."

"But thank you for your service."

In this, and many such cases, a crowd of old folks erupted in cheers for Trump as he blasted one dementia patient after another.

This new strategy for debate prep is a distinct departure from previous campaign years when he spent time studying government policy and took part in mock debates against former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

"I spent all my time arguing against a fat man about bridges or something," Trump said, reflecting on past debate missteps. "It didn’t prepare me at all. Biden is thin and he hates bridges!"

Sources close to the Biden campaign confirm the president is concerned about this new development leading up to Thursday’s debate.

"Oh no, my ice cream," Biden reportedly said, concern all over his face as his wife led him away.

At publishing time, sources had confirmed that if Trump fails to win the presidency he will be welcome at Shady Oaks Assisted Living.

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