Modularization in Programming Modularization is a principle in programming in which you write your code in small independent chunks. Each chunk is encapsulated or self contained. Essentially, this means that you are writing small building blocks that each have their own small task or goal to accomplish. These smaller building blocks are built to work […]
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I Know Nothing About SQL
Getting Started SQL stands for “structured query language”. It is the language used to communicate with a database. If you don’t know much about databases, I recommend reading the I Know Nothing About Databases article first. SQL has two pronunciations: you can either spell it out, “S-Q-L”, or you can say “sequel”, like a follow-up […]
I Know Nothing About Databases
Overview Databases are rather simple. In this article, we will compare them to folders and files within a computer. To be more specific, we’ll talk about folders and Excel files. At a high level, the hierarchy from largest to smallest goes: server, database, schema, table, records/rows, values. A computer is setup similarly: computer/machine, folders, Excel […]