Science module

[import-brain]

Clear and concise description of the problem

I think it would be a good idea to add a science module to Faker to generate random scientific data. See below for examples.

Suggested solution

Create a new module called science

faker.science.elementName() // "Lithium"
faker.science.elementSymbol() // "F"
faker.science.siUnit() // "kg"
faker.science.siUnit({ long: true, plural: false }) // "meter"

Alternative

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Additional context

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[Shinigami92]

From my side, sounds interesting 🤔
I also thought about faker.aws.region() but this would be another issue 🙂

[import-brain]

From my side, sounds interesting 🤔 I also thought about faker.aws.region() but this would be another issue 🙂

faker.aws.region() would be interesting, but shouldn't we call the module faker.cloud? That module would have a bunch of cloud-related stuff. Or, maybe we could implement a new module called faker.dev, with a bunch of dev stuff in it?

Edit: Or consolidate everything under faker.internet

[ST-DDT]

IMO this discussion is off topic. Please open a new dedicated issue for that.

[import-brain]

@Shinigami92 Can you please create that issue? It's your idea, haha

Now that we're back on track, I would like some input from @faker-js/maintainers and/or @faker-js/members about this proposal. Thanks :)

[ST-DDT]

The elementNames might be useful, but I'm not sure when you would need a random unit, usually the unit is fixed and the value is dynamic. But I'm not really against it.

[pkuczynski]

Sounds fine to me. Although I would probably do faker.science.element and return a hash, so people could use it like this:

faker.science.element().name
faker.science.element().symbol

Why? Because they might need both, symbol and name at the same time...

And for units, I would just call it faker.science.unit...

[import-brain]

Sounds fine to me. Although I would probably do faker.science.element and return a hash, so people could use it like this:

faker.science.element().name
faker.science.element().symbol

Why? Because they might need both, symbol and name at the same time...

And for units, I would just call it faker.science.unit...

Yeah, these names you suggested are much better than what I thought of, thanks for the input!