Entity Framework Code First Migrations ... sounds like a dream come true
Why schema management was painful in 2011 Before Entity Framework Code First Migrations, keeping a database schema in sync with your application code was one of those problems every team eventually built their own answer for. The typical setup was a folder of hand-rolled SQL scripts named with version numbers, plus a small home-grown runner that tracked which scripts had already been applied. It worked, but every project re-invented the wheel slightly differently, and merging schema changes between branches was a recurring source of pain. ...