Description

Why Learn SQL?

We live in a data-driven world: people search through data to find insights to inform strategy, marketing, operations, and a plethora of other categories. There are a ton of businesses that use large, relational databases, which makes a basic understanding of SQL a great employable skill not only for data scientists, but for almost everyone.

Almost all applications you interact with on a daily basis involves data which are stored in databases . Applications such as Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, Hospitals ,Banks etc all interacts with data stored in databases.

SQL is the language used to interact with the data inside these databases. SQL skills are always in demand due to the ever increasing use and reliance of data.

In this  beginners course, you will learn the building blocks of SQL by interacting with a MySQL database. From creating a brand new table, up through organizing and aggregating data across multiple tables, you will learn the fundamental skills of SQL — and you’ll be prepared to apply them right away.

Topics include:

   Creating database and tables
   Retrieving data from database table
   Updating data inside a table
   Deleting data inside a database table
   Filtering data returned from  a database table
   Sorting data returned from a database table
   Retrieving data using various operators
   Combining data from multiple tables
   Using aggregate functions to manipulate data.
   Using subqueries

Take-Away Skills:

In this course, you’ll learn how to communicate with relational databases through SQL.
Who this course is for:

   Beginners to SQL
   Beginners to Programming
   Beginners to Web Development

Requirements

   Basic understanding of using a computer
   Basic understanding of using the internet

Last updated 7/2019