Beginning Database Design Solutions, 2nd Edition

15Example Overview

Up until now, the chapters have dealt with databases in general. The chapters in this part of the book describe example programs that show how to connect to various types of databases and use them in very simple ways.

TOOL CHOICES

There are hundreds of database engines floating around the Internet that you can use to power your programs. Multiply those by the many hundreds of programming languages and the handful of possible operating systems that you can use, and the total number of combinations is enormous. To keep things manageable, I chose a few example databases, two programming languages (Python and C#), and one operating system (Windows 11).

NOTE This is not a Python or C# book, so I won't explain how to use those languages. The example chapters assume that you already know Python or C#, although they don't assume you're a ninja super-programmer.

If you don't know either of those languages but you know some other curly bracket language like C++ or Java, then you'll probably have no trouble understanding the C# chapters. If you aren't familiar with a curly bracket language, then the Python chapters might be a bit easier to follow.

I selected these databases and programming languages partly because they let you get started for free. They don't require you to provide a credit card and they don't expire. Instead, they restrict the size or structure of the databases that you can build.

I chose Windows 11 because that's what I'm using.

It is likely ...