Haunted Halloween Promotion - Join the Scavenger Hunt! by Jakub Romanowski 25 Oct 2020 Trick or treat! Halloween, the festival of monsters is approaching! The LearnSQL platform is overrun by ghosts. They have haunted our courses. Are you scared, do you feel chills? We are most concerned about the prices. It’s highly probable the wraights will bite them off. But to quote the classics - “Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!” So put on the costume, take the astral trap and find them all to win our scavenger hunt. Read more SQL Courses in New York City by Jakub Romanowski 25 Sep 2020 If someone asks me where to learn SQL, I answer simply: online! A good interactive SQL course is much better than any classroom activity or bootcamp. First, you do everything at your own pace. You can always ask the tutor about anything, be a part of an online community, and read interesting things elsewhere on the web (e.g. on our blog). However, there are those who prefer full-time courses. They are traditionalists. Read more SQL Means Business - The Way of an Engineer by Jakub Romanowski 23 Sep 2020 Have you been wondering why some companies fail and others achieve success? It's not a matter of luck but of the right people. Łukasz Kubicki at Vertabelo deals with business and product development. I asked him how he started his adventure with programming, how an engineer got into business, and if he liked playing computer games. Here's what he said. If you were to write one sentence about yourself, what would it be? Read more Did You Know LearnSQL.com Has Free SQL Courses? by Jakub Romanowski 22 Sep 2020 Who doesn't like getting something for free? Each month, we give LearnSQL.com users a bit of help in their learning journey – a free, fully interactive SQL course. Since April, we have been giving our users the opportunity to learn SQL for free. Each month, we choose one of our SQL courses and give you full access to it for that month – completely free of charge! Cool, right? Read more Where Can I Find Free Online Data Sets to Practice SQL? by Jakub Romanowski 21 Aug 2020 Okay, you've installed the RDBMS of your choice. You know the basics of SQL and ... what's next? You would like to be able to practice SQL functions you learned in our course. Maybe you have even done our SQL Practice Set course and are hungry for more. To work with a database, first of all, you need—yes, this is not a surprise—a database! Where do you get the data for your SQL queries? Read more The Most Popular Databases in 2020 by Jakub Romanowski 18 Aug 2020 Which database solution is currently most popular? Which SQL dialect should you study? In this article, I’ll share the results of my research and my personal experience. Here are the databases that are worth learning SQL to use. First, let's answer some simple questions: Is SQL still useful? Is it worth learning? If you complete an online SQL course, will it make your work easier? The answer is YES! Why? Read more Learning SQL When You Work and Have a Family by Jakub Romanowski 7 Aug 2020 Do you want to learn SQL but feel you can’t squeeze one more thing into your jam-packed life? Here are my tips on learning SQL when you work and have kids. You work full-time and have a family. Daily responsibilities overwhelm you. I’ve been there. Heck, I live there. I work from home and have a family. While I was writing this article, I was also waiting for a call on Zoom, doing the laundry, and cooking some pasta for my son’s dinner. Read more Our 6 Favorite SQL Books for 2020 by Jakub Romanowski 29 Jul 2020 So you want to learn SQL and query databases? Great! Check out these six SQL books for an in-depth look at the language and you’ll be writing queries in no time! You take SQL courses, participate in internet discussions and forums, watch tutorials on YouTube... What else can you do to develop your skills? Sometimes it’s good to reach for old-fashioned sources of knowledge: SQL books. Which book(s) should you choose? Read more How to Learn SQL Fast by Jakub Romanowski 15 Jul 2020 Are you in a hurry to improve your data skills? I’ve got good news: you can learn SQL fast and move to a whole new level of data proficiency. You work with data every day, but you've had enough of how long it takes to process your giant table in Excel. The time has come for a much better tool: SQL! But how long does it take to learn SQL? Read more Top 10 Laptops for Learning SQL in 2020 by Jakub Romanowski 8 Jul 2020 If you want to learn SQL, you’re going to need a device that’s portable and powerful. I recommend a laptop. Here are the features you’ll need, as well as my picks for laptops to get you learning SQL in 2020! I must admit that browsing Amazon’s computer offers or entering any computer store can give you a headache. So many models, with so many options! They differ in components, workmanship, battery life, and screen size and resolution. Read more «« « 1 2 3 » »»