Database Transition Practices

Review Checklist

Does your code write to the database (create, update, edit)? If so:

• Have you checked with the legacy team about the proposed changes?
• Have you written database tests in api/spec/data that ensure the right data structures are being created in the legacy database?
• Have you reviewed the code with the appropriate legacy team members?
• Have you tested the running code in our staging environment to make sure that it works with the code in NRM's legacy development environment?

Background

The project to modernize NRM G&A involves an incremental transition, in which both the legacy system and modernized system are functioning in parallel, slowly moving functionality toward the modernized system.

In order to ensure that both systems work well and continue to support the Forest Service's business needs, all code that writes to the database must be thoroughly tested to ensure that the modernized system respects the data needs of the legacy database.