Consider adding simple database creation command to tooling
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Assessment
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- 5/5
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- Over a week
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100
Research direction
Start by comparing the existing EnsureCreated() behavior with migration-based workflows and reviewing the current database tooling commands. The issue does not name files or tests; completion would require a settled command design, explicit limitations around migrations, and corresponding implementation and documentation.
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Description
(picking up an idea @rowanmiller mentioned today to make sure we have an opportunity to think it through)
Currently the minimal "getting started" workflows involve adding migrations and updating the database. This has the disadvantage that it goes high very quickly in terms of concept count. It seems to be desirable to have a simpler story.
One possible alternative would be to use the EnsureCreated() method, but it is not great to leave this in the code. In theory we could have a simple database create command that does the same as EnsureCreated(). This would be useful in all the same scenarios that EnsureCreated() is useful today, e.g. for rapid prototyping and testing but without the disadvantage of leaving that line of code in the code. Note that it would still have the disadvantage that there is no grow up story from EnsureCreated() into migrations, but that is something we could make explicit in the documentation, in the name of the command, and potentially in the output of the command.
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