what is a migration in backend code example

Example 1: how database migration work

class ChangeProductsPrice < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
  def change
    reversible do |dir|
      change_table :products do |t|
        dir.up   { t.change :price, :string }
        dir.down { t.change :price, :integer }
      end
    end
  end
end

Example 2: how database migration work

class CreateProducts < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
  def change
    create_table :products do |t|
      t.string :name
      t.text :description
 
      t.timestamps
    end
  end
end