The startSetup() and endSetup() methods are commonly used for schema and data setup scripts by many developers. But do we actually need to call these methods for every install or upgrade script implementation? The correct answer may be quite unexpected. No, we don’t need to use these methods by default in our setup scripts in most cases. Let’s find out why.

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