:PROPERTIES: :ID: eed9a121-35ae-4942-be81-ea8d644be592 :mtime: 20231031070919 20231024031456 20231017030425 20231010030100 :ctime: 20231010030028 :END: #+title: Introduction to Databases class #+filetags: :project:public: * About The class Introduction to databases is a class taught by David James Greaves at [[id:517f8b21-0d69-42dc-b902-0fd6ca8299e0][Cambridge]]. It was taught in [[id:77a3cde9-c402-403d-92ab-3d6cfd4b0d9d][2023 Michaelmas Term at Cambridge]]. * Class Webpage https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/2324/Databases/ * Syllabus This classes focuses mostly on the high level questions of "what is a Database?" This class will skip over the implemenetation details of how a database might be implemented on a computer. * Notes To see all notes related to this class, see [[id:0fc36908-1ae4-4e3d-bb11-389a5a9ccdb3][introduction to databases notes]] David Geaves' notes are at [[file:/home/atticusk/Downloads/databases_notes.pdf][databases notes]] * Databases Used We will use 3 databases in this course: - SQLite as a [[id:182cf1ea-feba-4962-9cf0-d1d28fd62f1b][relational Database]] - TinyDB - Neo4j * Assessed exercises https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~djg11/cst-ticks/databases_2324_dist1/ak2518/