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Not really feeling sold on this. It's called "Mastering PostgreSQL" but the site reads like it's trying to convince beginner programmers that SQL iteself is us
by alpos 9y ago
Not really feeling sold on this.
It's called "Mastering PostgreSQL" but the site reads like it's trying to convince beginner programmers that SQL iteself is useful.
Even the case made here: http://tapoueh.org/blog/2017/11/mastering-postgresql-in-application-development-launches/ http://tapoueh.org/blog/2017/11/mastering-postgresql-in-appl...
seems like it would only be convincing to someone who has never had to write much SQL and also has not already had to do a pattern like that in an API call.
- tapoueh 9y agoYes the book targets more the SQL beginners, which are in my experience developers of all levels, from beginners to experts. The title is inspired to a great deal by an idea of how to best learn new things, which is very nicely covered in the following Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_n...