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Introduction to Databases for Back-End Development

Back-end developers write applications that end-users use to interact with databases. Some common tasks that end-users carry out using these applications include storing, searching, extracting and manipulating data. Therefore, it’s essential that all back-end developers possess strong knowledge and experience with how databases work. In this course, you’ll receive an introduction to databases and explore the different ways in which they can be used to store and manage data. You’ll also learn to distinguish between different types of database management systems. You’ll then practice basic creation and data selection tasks with the use of Structured Query Language (SQL) commands. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: - Demonstrate a working knowledge of the concepts and principles that underpin how databases work - Identify and explain the different types of core technology and management systems used in databases - Identify and interpret basic SQL statements and commands - Manipulate records in a database with the use of SQL statements and commands - Outline alternatives to SQL - and plan and design a simple relational database system You’ll also gain experience with the following: - Fundamental concepts in database - Basic MySQL syntax and commands - Database management systems - Relational databases

Status: Database Management Systems
Status: Query Languages
BeginnerCourse27 hours

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TA

4.0Reviewed May 20, 2023

teaches fundamentals of Sql, it would be nice if thy had some lectures about nosql, like mongodb. The final evaluation however is quite buggy. Also please make the instructions a bit clearer.

SY

5.0Reviewed Oct 9, 2022

T​his is the best IT course I have taken anywhere! The course developers are geniuses in Educational Technology. I hope they get to develop more courses like this. GlenMate.com

PP

5.0Reviewed Feb 23, 2024

The Instructor for this course is just awesome, they explain everything very clearly and i hope to learn from them in the future courses that i enroll into.

OJ

5.0Reviewed Jun 22, 2023

An excellent explanation along with good hands-on experience. I will recommend if anyone wants to learn SQL this is the right course for you.

MS

5.0Reviewed Nov 15, 2022

This course provides comprehensive fundamental knowledge about database systems. The topics were well covered and instructors were top notch.

BK

5.0Reviewed Sep 3, 2022

Perfect course for those who want to learn about databases. Straight to the point and great quizzes alongside with labs. Last quiz had some problems with the first 10 SQL questions.

PV

5.0Reviewed Oct 29, 2023

It was really fun. This helped me learn a lot of new things. Instructor did a very good job. Everything is explained in a simple way. Thank You Meta for providing this course.

SJ

4.0Reviewed Dec 12, 2024

Overall good course. It would be more helpful to understand data normalisation concepts if provided with number of examples on how issue might occur in database during different operations.

OR

4.0Reviewed Jan 6, 2023

very Good Explanation and amazing instructor, but i think the content need to add more intermediate topics of databases such as how to deal with MySQL or what is views and indexs.

OJ

5.0Reviewed Dec 16, 2022

It was a informative and precise course with sufficient labs to get hands on. I found Normalization is pretty tricky to implement. More detailed readings shall help me improve and gain confidence.

CM

5.0Reviewed Aug 28, 2023

I thought the topics of database were covered well. I also like being able to practice the SQL so often. I learned I really like SQL and database concepts.

OP

5.0Reviewed Aug 2, 2023

Very good course, i had a little understand of databases, but with this course i could a lot of it, i know more about databases and how it works internally.

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