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HarvardX: CS50's Introduction to Databases with SQL

An introduction to databases using a language called SQL.

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Starts Mar 22

Ends Dec 31

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About this course

This is CS50's introduction to databases using a language called SQL. Learn how to create, read, update, and delete data with relational databases, which store data in rows and columns. Learn how to model real-world entities and relationships among them using tables with appropriate types, triggers, and constraints. Learn how to normalize data to eliminate redundancies and reduce potential for errors. Learn how to join tables together using primary and foreign keys. Learn how to automate searches with views and expedite searches with indexes. Learn how to connect SQL with other languages like Python and Java. Course begins with SQLite for portability's sake and ends with introductions to PostgreSQL and MySQL for scalability's sake as well. Assignments inspired by real-world datasets.

At a glance

Institution:HarvardX
Subject:Computer Science
Level:Introductory
Prerequisites:None

Language:English
Video Transcript:English
Associated programs:
Professional Certificate in Computer Science for Databases using SQL
Associated skills:Data Store, Foreign Keys, Java (Programming Language), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python (Programming Language), Relational Databases, SQL (Programming Language), SQLite, Scalability