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SQL
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Data informs our lives, from checking the weather report to help us decide what to
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wear, to looking at a bank balance to help us decide if we can afford a fancy meal.
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Businesses rely on data too, to record sales, deliver products, and
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to record customer and employee data.
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Behind all of the data are the databases used to store and retrieve it.
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Most databases are known as relational databases.
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And the way you talk with them is with SQL, or Structured Query Language.
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SQL is a powerful tool used in many different jobs.
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Programmers use SQL to read, add, and remove information in their applications.
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For example every e-commerce site needs a database to hold product information and
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track sales.
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Programmers add the code to make that happen.
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Business analysts use SQL to learn about their businesses.
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They have reports to see how sales are performing, how well an app
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campaign is working, or simply to track their customers and clients.
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Data scientists use SQL to dig deep into databases to create predictive models to
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help them make well-informed data-driven decisions.
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Most companies use SQL in some form or another.
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Businesses in finance, health, and education couldn't work without SQL.
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The number of jobs that require people to understand how to communicate with
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databases are growing every day.
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In this track, you'll learn the basics of SQL from the ground up.
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No previous experience with databases or programming is required.
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All you need is an eagerness to learn how to work with data, databases, and SQL.
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Are you ready?
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Let's get to it.
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