Okay, so, today I tried to mess around with a thing called Flyway, specifically to try out its “Hub” feature. Let me tell you, it was quite a journey.
First, I needed to figure out what this Flyway Hub actually is. Turns out, it’s a way to get a nice overview of all your database changes. I’ve been using Flyway for a while now, you know, that tool that helps you keep track of database migrations. But the Hub? That was new to me.
So, I went ahead and signed up for a trial account. I have to click a lot of “yes” and “confirm” buttons before I saw a dashboard. It’s clean and easy to understand for me.
The next step was to connect it to my local database. It’s not an easy step because I got a lot of errors. After some trial and error, I found out that I need to create a specific user in my database for Flyway Hub to use. I granted this user the necessary privileges, and boom, connection established!
Then came the fun part. I started making some changes to my database schema, you know, adding a table here, modifying a column there, the usual stuff. Each time I ran my Flyway migrations, the Hub would pick up these changes and display them in a neat timeline.
- I made an initial migration to create a “users” table.
- Then, I added a “posts” table in another migration.
- Finally, I modified the “users” table to add a new “email” column.
It’s pretty cool to see all my database changes in one place, complete with details like who made the change, when it was made, and what the SQL looked like. The Hub also gave me a nice overview of my database schema, showing me all my tables, columns, and indexes.
But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. I did run into a few hiccups along the way. For instance, I had some issues with the Hub not picking up changes immediately. Turned out I had to manually refresh the dashboard to see the latest updates. A minor annoyance, but still something to keep in mind.
Overall, my experience with Flyway Hub was pretty positive. It was a bit of a learning curve at first, but once I got the hang of it, I found it to be a really useful tool for managing and monitoring my database changes. I can see this being really handy, especially when working with a team.
And, yeah, I would say it is worth to take time to learn Flyway Hub and add it into your workflow.