SQL QuickStart Guide – The Simplified Beginner’s Guide to Managing, Analyzing, and Manipulating Data With SQL
SQL QuickStart Guide is the best book for beginners with no prior coding experience and professional developers looking to improve their SQL skills.
This book is also ideal for those who want to enhance their careers, for managers and business owners looking to manage data-driven business insights.
Without question marks, SQL is and will remain the most reliable and widely used data management language.
In this comprehensive guide, experienced mentor and SQL expert Walter Shields relies on his considerable knowledge to make relational database management accessible, easy to understand, and highly actionable.
SQL QuickStart Guide is Perfect For:
- Professionals looking to augment their job skills in preparation for a data-driven future
- Job seekers who want to pad their skills and resume for a durable employability edge
- Beginners with zero prior experience
- Managers, decision makers, and business owners looking to manage data-driven business insights
- Developers looking to expand their mastery beyond the full stack
- Anyone who wants to be better prepared for our data-driven future!
In SQL QuickStart Guide You’ll Discover:
- The basic structure of databases — what they are, how they work, and how to navigate them
- How to use SQL to retrieve and understand data
- The most important SQL queries, how and when to use them
- Professional applications of SQL and how to “sell” your new SQL skills to your employer
Supplemental Digital Assets are Included
Sample Database & Hands On Exercises
Put what you learn into practice right away with a sample database, free database browser, and helpful hands-on exercises. This is the best way to learn SQL!
SQL Commands Cheat Sheet
Keep commands and queries close at hand. Refresh your memory, learn common queries and commands, and save time with his handy resource.
Benefits of the Sample Database
- Learn how to use SQL commands in a real-world environment
- Free access to a professional database browser to execute SQL commands
- Database browser can be used to create, explore, and manipulate any database
- Start with the exercises in the book then manipulate data on your own!