added tool for load-testing many items

.gitignore

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 config.json
 dist
 docs
+demoData.json

tools/generate.js

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+/**
+* This file can be used to load-test the application
+*/
+
+import { writeFileSync } from "fs";
+
+// Temporary file to generate demo data for the inventory
+const inventoryItems = [];
+
+// Function to add an item to the inventory using a simple function
+function addInventoryItem(name, amount, manufacturer, category, sku) {
+	const item = {
+		name: name,
+		amount: amount,
+		manufacturer: manufacturer,
+		category: category,
+		sku: sku
+	};
+
+	inventoryItems.push(item);
+}
+
+// Loop to generate 2000 items
+for (let i = 1; i <= 1024; i++) {
+	const itemName = `Item ${i}`;
+	const itemAmount = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 1;
+	const itemManufacturer = `Manufacturer ${i}`;
+	const itemCategory = `Category ${i}`;
+	const itemSKU = `SKU-${i}`;
+
+	addInventoryItem(itemName, itemAmount, itemManufacturer, itemCategory, itemSKU);
+}
+
+// Save the generated data to a file
+writeFileSync('demoData.json', JSON.stringify(inventoryItems))