In this post we are going deeper in the Dynamic Data project, looking at the Fitbit dynamic data (library available here on GitHub and at NPM). Opening the library, you’ll see there are seven different types of data files: ActivitiesData, ActivitiesSummary, HeartRateData, HeartRateSummary, SleepData, SleepQuality and SleepSummary Learn more about dynamic data generators and benefits of artificial data in software development. About the data source?Fitbit is a brand of smart watch that focuses on fitness tracking, allowing for the monitoring of several metrics:
Approach used 7 separate mockup files were created for the 3 different data objects:
The fitbit-mockups package imports the aforementioned files and goes through them generating (artificial) new data using proprietary functions, such as those found in the utils package. For example, with the SleepSummary object:
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Ideas to combine with some other data sourcesCombing with other Health devices to provide greater context towards some activities e.g. Oura, Garmin, Strava, Whoop. Or with some entirely different segment data, like air quality, weather, location or similar to find interesting new applications for the data. Open Source data libraryWe welcome contributions and forks to this data set, and look forward to seeing what developers build in our Liberty. Equality. Data Slack channel. Considerations for next version/improvementsGeneral Improvements
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