I'm following instructions for Creating a Django Project, and there's this:
Migrate to your MySQL database by entering the following command in your terminal
python manage.py migrate

What does migrating mean here?
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Migrating is a term commonly used in Django, a popular Python web framework, to describe the process of updating or creating a database schema. More specifically, when you execute the `migrate` command in the context of a Django project, it performs the necessary database schema changes according to a set of migration files. These migration files are generated using Django's built-in tools during the development process when you make changes to your Django models.

In simpler terms, the `migrate` command:

1. Checks if the data in the database matches the latest migration file.
2. If it does not, it'll perform database changes to the latest migration file, bringing it up to date.
3. If it does, it sets the database back to its original state after the previous migration.

The `migrate` is not a command to create a new database, and you need to specify a database to connect to in c.r.d (Configure Routing and Database), which depends on your operating system. Here, you're creating a Django project i.e., an organization for managing your Django applications. This project consists of apps, static files, and templates. Whenever you create a new app, by default, it resides in a newly made "apps" directory. You can create another app by running the "django-admin startapp" command, where it creates a direct structure under apps. The "migrate" command has to work on this application database. Here, you're updating your existing database schema/database structure. Always follow safety fundamentals (backing database before executing migrate).
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I'm following instructions for Creating a Django Project, and there's this:
Migrate to your MySQL database by entering the following command in your terminal
python manage.py migrate

What does migrating mean here?
user
In the context of Django, "migrating" refers to the process of applying or unapplying migrations, which are like version control for your database schema. Migrations are Django’s way of propagating changes you make to your models (adding a field, deleting a model, etc.) into your database schema.

When you run the command `python manage.py migrate`, Django will look at the `INSTALLED_APPS` setting in your project's settings file and create any necessary database tables according to the database schema defined by the `models.py` file in each application.

If you've made changes to your models, Django will also update your database schema to reflect those changes. This is a very powerful feature that lets you change your models as often as you like, while preserving existing data.

So, in simple terms, "migrating" is the process of synchronizing the changes in your Django models with your database.
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