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Migrations
Migrations allow you to write database-level code in a platform-independent way. You can create, edit, and delete tables, even populate data–all from migrations. Additionally, migrations allow you to iteratively modify production databases without worrying about destroying them. Migrations are reversible, and follow a numbering system. Continue reading
Database Migrations
Databases change all the time. How can you update your production database without destroying it? Enter migrations. Migrations are code–they allow you to update your database incrementally. In this post, we discuss how to add, delete, and modify tables for your model classes using migrations. Continue reading