Populate the database with seed data

Rails got a functionality to fill the database with basic data via app/db/seeds.rb. We are using 2 other tools, to extend the functionalities of seeds: seed_dump and seedbank

For exploring them run: 'rake --tasks' you will get:

• rake db:seed
• rake db:seed:common
• rake db:seed:development
• rake db:seed:development:base
• rake db:seed:dump
• rake db:seed:original
• rake db:seed:usability_tests
• rake db:seed:usability_tests:student_test

• Use rake db:seed:dump to dump the current database data into the db/seeds.rb file please get this generated code out of the file and use another folder for it like db/seeds/development or db/seeds/usability_tests. The db/seeds.rb file is getting overwritten everytime you are using this command.

• The command rake db:seed:development will run after calling rake db:seed if the current environment is 'development'

• for specific seeds, create the seeds like this underneath db/seeds/*/*seeds.rb like we did with db/seeds/usability_tests/student_test