title: What is the difference between "rake db:seed" and rake db:fixtures:load"
body: <p>I am new to Ruby and Rails and am curious about something.</p>
  
  <p>In two different tutorials I am looking at they use different methods for populating a database with basic test information.</p>
  
  <p>One uses "rake db:seed" to pull from a text file with sample data. </p>
  
  <p>The other uses "rake db:fixtures:load".</p>
  
  <p>To me they appear to do the exact same thing.</p>
  
  <p>Do they, or am I missing something here? (Highly likely)</p>