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SQL All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition
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SQL All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Allen G. Taylor, Richard Blum
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
800 pages
18h 34m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 5

Building an Application

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Emphasizing top-down design

Bullet Engaging in bottom-up coding

Bullet Putting your work to the test

Bullet Fixing the bugs

Bullet Retesting everything

In Book 5, Chapter 4, I take the idea of a database system for the Oregon Lunar Society (OLS) from an entity-relationship (ER) model to a relational model to a relational database. Just as important as the database itself is the user interface. If users can’t get the information they need out of the database, the database isn’t of much value. For a simple application such as the one that the OLS needs, after you’ve designed the user interface, for all intents and purposes you’ve designed the whole application. So because the database itself is done, all that’s left is designing the user interface and connecting it to the database.

To make sure that you don’t miss anything important, consider the project as a whole. Imagine that you’re looking down on the project from 20,000 feet. This way, you view not only the ...

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