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Udacity

Management of Relational and Non-relational Databases

via Udacity

Overview

Explore how to design and manage relational and non-relational databases, from normalization and SQL DDL/DML to indexing strategies and choosing between Postgres, MongoDB, and Redis for different scenarios.

Syllabus

  • Intro to DBMS: Relational and Non-Relational Databases
    • Get introduced to database management systems, as well as learning the difference between relational and non-relational databases.
  • Normalizing Data
    • Find out about the different forms of normalized data for optimizing database storage.
  • Data Definition Language (DDL)
    • Learn about the data definition language, such as creating tables and different data types.
  • Data Manipulation Language (DML)
    • Dive into the data manipulation language in order to alter existing tables and data.
  • Consistency with Constraints
    • Find out how to keep consistency amongst your data by adding constraints.
  • Performance with Indexes
    • Maximize your database performance by using indexes when and where appropriate.
  • Intro to Non-Relational Databases
    • With your relational database skills in hand, you’re ready for a look into the other side of data, with non-relational databases.
  • Udiddit, A Social News Aggregator
    • Investigate a poorly designed database for Udiddit, a social news aggregator. You’ll design a new, normalized and performant database and migrate over data from the previous database.

Taught by

Ziad Saab

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