Learn all the basics of Structured Query Language in this comprehensive SQL course. You will build out real database tables and practice querying them in flexible ways right in your browser. Not only will you understand how to use SQL, but you will also learn when you should use it and in what situations. We will cover architectural design patterns and how to use SQL in a production environment.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learn about the basics of SQL and how it came to be
- Tables
- Create new tables and learn how to structure data efficiently
- Constraints
- Learn how to keep data accurate and up to date
- CRUD
- Create, read, update and delete information from a SQL database
- Basic Queries
- Practice additional clauses and features that SQL offers for more flexible querying
- Structuring
- Learn how to order and limit the data returned in large query sets
- Aggregations
- Learn how to run powerful calculations on entire datasets
- Subqueries
- Practice the advanced technique of nesting queries inside one another
- Normalization
- Learn how to normalize a database in order to keep it's data consistent and accurate
- Joins
- Practice joining multiple tables together in order to power real world usecases
- Performance
- Learn how to keep databases running fast and efficient in production
Taught by
Lane Wagner, Allan, Matt, Hunter, and Dan
