New 'Learn SQL' Course Launched on Boot.dev
Last published September 19, 2022
I’m happy to announce that today we launched our new Learn SQL course! It was a ton of fun to write, but I also had a blast building the back-end infrastructure that allows students to write and execute SQL in the browser. If you’ve been wanting to gain a solid foundation of SQL skills, this course is for you!
What’s in the course?
You’ll learn all the fundamentals of SQL in this 11-chapter course. The instructions will all in an image + text format, but the cool part is that on each assignment you’ll be writing and running real SQLite queries in your browser! No need to set up a local database environment and install a client. The 11 chapters are:
- What is SQL?
- Tables
- Constraints
- CRUD operations (how databases play a role in web apps)
- Basic Queries
- Structuring Data
- Aggregations
- Subqueries
- Normalization
- Joins
- Performance
This course really rounds out our entire back-end path - all the major pieces are there! Of course, we’ll still be adding to and updating the content regularly, but this SQL course was a big “missing piece”.
What does it cost?
At the time of release, the first 3 chapters of the course are free. After that, you can become a member to unlock full access for $34/mo!
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