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Java Enterprise Best Practices
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Java Enterprise Best Practices

by O'Reilly Java Authors
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
288 pages
9h 46m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Normalize First, Denormalize Later

This principle is the database equivalent of design first and optimize later. Unfortunately, many Java programmers who follow the design-first-and-optimize-later strategy fail to normalize first and denormalize later. Instead, the tendency is not to spend much time on the data model at all and just use what works with the current object model.

In data modeling, you will see the best results from taking your design to at least the third normal form until the model is complete. Only when you have a solid data model is it safe to begin denormalizing in places where overnormalization severely impacts performance.

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