Programming

Alexandre Buffa

Python vs. SQL for Data Analysis

You surely have heard about SQL and Python. Maybe you’ve even worked with one of those languages. Both have strengths and weaknesses. When it comes to data analysis, which should you use? This article will demonstrate how Python and SQL are useful for data analysis and how knowing both languages can boost your data analysis journey. Decided to get into data analytics? Great! An increasing number of companies are looking for people who can analyze data and draw conclusions from it.

Alexandre Bruffa

Unleash the Full Potential of Your Data: Enhancing SQL with Python

In this article, we will explain why using SQL with Python is an awesome combination for unleashing the full potential of your data! Read on to find out how learning and starting to use the most popular programming language can have a positive impact on your work. You may be wondering why we write about Python on the LearnSQL.com blog? Well ... They are just a very good couple. Both languages are basic tools in such fields as data science and data visualization.

Kateryna Koidan

How Developers Can Build SQL Skills

Even though you cannot build an application using SQL, employers continue to add SQL skills to their job requirements for software developers. In this article, I’ll elaborate on why developers need to know SQL and how you can learn SQL most efficiently. As a developer, you may work on different kinds of projects. Not all of your projects require doing string manipulation, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to know how to do this.

Kateryna Koidan

Do You Need to Learn SQL To Become a Programmer?

SQL is primarily used by database administrators (DBAs), business analysts, and data analysts. But what about other programming roles? In this article, I’ll show how software engineers, web developers, and app developers use SQL and why you need to learn SQL to become a programmer. Like many other aspiring programmers, you are probably wondering “Do I need SQL?”. To answer this question, you should know that you’ll encounter data everywhere in software development.

Magdalena Wojtas

What Programming Language Should You Learn?

If you've ever been wondering which programming language you should learn first, you know that's a tough nut to crack. It’s especially difficult if you are new to IT and programming. In this article, I give suggestions for what to learn first and what perspectives each language can give you in IT. There are hundreds of programming languages, and new ones are showing up all the time. Getting to know all of them is simply impractical and impossible.