What is a Lorem Ipsum Generator?
A Lorem Ipsum generator is a tool which will generate random sentences or words. It is used when you need to type or enter text in an application or website, without it having to be real text.
Why do I need a Lorem Ipsum Generator?
You can use this generator to generate random pieces of text, which can be used during manual or automated testing. For example, when you need to fill in a form on a web-app, but you don't want to fill in real text (due to privacy reasons, or legal reasons).
It is an easy way to provide a placeholder text, when the actual content of your webpage is not yet available. Instead of leaving the space blank, you can fill it up with random text, allowing designers and developers to make sure the layout looks correct.
What does Lorem Ipsum mean?
In both written and visual contexts, the expression "lorem ipsum" represents a placeholder text used to fill content gaps in documents. "Dolorem Ipsum", roughly translates to "pain itself" in Latin, serves as the linguistic origin of the "lorem ipsum" term.
The first sentences of a Lorem generator are usually something like this: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua."
Because it is written in Latin, it does not distract developers or designers while creating a page, since most people don't know how to read Latin and assume it's gibberish.
How can I generate Random Lorem Ipsum text with Ruby?
The Faker gem on Ruby allows you to generate random pieces of text. Please see the example below on how to do this.
require('faker')
Faker::Lorem.paragraph(sentence_count: 20)