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Can anyone speak to the quality of this book. Been looking to learn PostgreSQL and get a better understanding of SQL.
by radicalriddler 7y ago
Can anyone speak to the quality of this book. Been looking to learn PostgreSQL and get a better understanding of SQL.
- madhadron 7y agoThis is why testimonials and other social proof are important on sales pages. :)
- grzm 7y agoI found the first edition to be quite useful and practical. If you've been around the block once or twice, it can be difficult to find references for material that will extend what you know, give you some additional perspectives on things you already do, and provide a look in how another developer goes about every day tasks to be productive. The first edition did that for me. Good stuff.
- Scarbutt 7y agoI skimmed through the first edition, the book is heavily biased towards telling you to do everything you can(business logic) in the DB versus doing stuff in application code. Whether that's good or bad, it depends, but the book philosophy is to cram as much as application code you can into the DB, citing performance and less code to write as reasons.
- war1025 7y agoI purchased the book last night and have spent maybe an hour or two looking through it. My assessment is that if you're a beginner to databases and database theory, you'll probably get a lot out of the book. Having taken several courses on database design in college and having been working with Postgres almost daily for the better part of a decade now, not a terrible lot of new info. Still, for $30 (The basic edition), probably not a bad investment. Just don't expect it to blow your mind or anything.