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docs: include hints on specifying a locale can help startup time (#1629)
Co-authored-by: ST-DDT <[email protected]>
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@@ -6,11 +6,18 @@ Using Faker is as easy as importing it from `@faker-js/faker`.
```js
import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker';
-
+// or, if desiring only a specific locale
+// import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker/locale/de'
const randomName = faker.person.fullName(); // Rowan Nikolaus
const randomEmail = faker.internet.email(); // [email protected]
```
+:::tip Note
+Using the first import statement will load every locale into memory.
+As such, start-up times and performance may be slow.
+Thus, by declaring a locale in the import, one can increase performance and reduce the time on start-up.
+:::
+
Or if you're using CommonJS:
```js