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Introduction to Databases

Coursera

2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2015–2019 · score 1.8

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An introductory course on relational databases covering data modeling, SQL, and database design fundamentals, originally taught by Jennifer Widom at Stanford and offered on Coursera.

Commenters credit it as a solid fundamentals course for learning SQL and databases, and one says it shaped their career.

Databases & Data Engineeringbeginnerfreevideo lectures#databases#sql#relational databases#data modeling#widom

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What commenters said (2)

  1. Strongly recommendsrjbwork2019in “SQL: One of the most valuable skills”

    (please excuse my typing. i have one hand to use ATM) yup. we bet super hard on sql too. Its fantastic if you know what you're doing. We ca import arbitrary data and expose it as normal tables to our customers for analysis/transform/export along with having a silod access controlled place for them to see just their data. sql is a great technology, and is extremely flexible.

    I love it. If you're looking to learn it and fundamentals, check out Jennifer Widom's course from Harvard. I can safely credit her w/ my career.

  2. Recommendshenrik_w2015in “List of University Courses for Learning Computer Science”

    I can recommend the Stanford "Introduction to Databases" course https://www.coursera.org/course/db

    I took it when it was first offered online in 2011, and really liked it. My review of it is here: http://henrikwarne.com/2011/12/18/introduction-to-databases-...

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