Databases form the backbone of modern computing. Data is so important! So being able to manage the backend of how/where/what/why data is stored is an essential skill.

Data storage and retrieval is the most important thing in today's world of information. The data needs to be stored reliably and retrieved as fast as possible. How long do we expect a website to load? Any more than a couple seconds is too long!

People imagine a database being similar to a spreadsheet. Databases can sort, do math, count, and organize data just as powerfully as a complicated Excel formula and can do it in a fraction of the time.

Your spreadsheet may struggle with a couple thousand rows of data. Imagine you have tens of thousands of customers or a million visitors to your website. Each customer needs their username and password, shipping addresses, emails, credit cards, phone numbers, and much more personal information securely stored.

Once your business or blog is up and running, you'll want to track customers and visitors to find out information about them. Who are they? Where are they from? What percentage of visitors make a purchase or sign up to your blog? What are your sales or sign-up figures over days, months and years? You may want to reach out with an email if someone hasn't visited your website in a while. When was the last time they logged in?

With a line of code, a list of names and emails can be generated almost instantaneously and used to send off an email campaign to remind your members to come back and see your awesome updates and offerings! With a few lines of code, a statistical report could be generated and all the above questions and many more could be answered.

Come join us for this 6-week workshop where you will learn SQL to store and retrieve data with queries, learn how to create and administrate a variety of databases, and learn database management standards and best practices to stay organized and keep your databases running efficiently as your business grows!

Begin your data collection and storage journey here with us. We look forward to meeting you!

Requirements:
Bring your laptop