Exercise 57
The SQL Crash Course
You can’t do science without data, and the most widely used language for storing and managing data is SQL. Many “no-SQL” databases have some language that looks quite a lot like SQL. That’s because—for all its faults—SQL is a fairly well thought out language for specifying the storage, querying, and transformation of data. Learning SQL basics can only help you in data science, but there’s another important reason why I feel SQL is a great way to end the course:
I don’t want this course to only be about data science. I use data science and Python as a theme to teach the basics of programming. They are simply tools that help me with my goal of teaching you how to use a computer to express your thoughts and ideas. ...
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