Use 🌱 for adding/updating seed files

[epilande]

Hello @carloscuesta 😎!

• Emoji: 🌱
• Code: :seedling:
• Description: Adding or updating seed files

[smolijar]

Hi @epilande ,
sorry for late reply. I think it is a briliant idea. Can you make a PR?

[epilande]

Hey @grissius, submitted PR #353

[KaKi87]

Excuse me but what's a seed file ? I tried Googling but I can't find any relevant answer. Thanks

[smolijar]

@KaKi87 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_seeding

[KaKi87]

I understand, then how is it different from 🤡 Mock things ?

[smolijar]

In object-oriented programming, mock objects are simulated objects that mimic the behavior of real objects in controlled ways, most often as part of a software testing initiative.

Mocks mimic behavior (possibly along with data) for testing purposes, seeds are just about the data and usually not for testing, in contrast to fixtures. See Rails fixtures vs seeds.

[KaKi87]

Seed data is to populate the database with prerequisite data needed to allow the app to be usable from the beginning, like to add a default admin account

Regarding this matter, shouldn't instead the program ask the user at first setup to fill the admin info ?

WordPress, NextCloud, Sentry, GitLab, etc. do that

[johannchopin]

Seeds file are not for user but for developer 👍 do you think that a gmail developer always create his account at the start of the day ? 😂

[KaKi87]

Ah, I see 😅 Thanks for the explanation.

[smolijar]

Seeds file are not for user but for developer

1. Citation needed
2. If you have dynamic countries for example, but want to start with a preset, it is reasonable to start with default data set from seeds that you run on fresh environment.