Otavio

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Otávio Silveira

Data Analyst @ Hortifruti

Course overview

This interactive SQL course for beginners will teach you how to code and perform fundamental data science tasks using SQL — and it will help you begin your journey to become a successful data professional. 

In this course, you’ll learn how to write data queries and how to use statements and clauses — as well as the critical role of SQL in routine data science tasks. 

Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll write code and get feedback directly in the browser. You’ll apply your skills to several guided projects involving real-world scenarios to build your portfolio and prepare for your next interview.

Key skills

  • Define the structure of SQL
  • Create basic queries to extract data from tables in a database
  • Define databases
  • Identify different versions of SQL
  • Formulate efficient and readable SQL code using styling conventions

Course outline

Introduction to SQL and Databases [7 lessons]

Exploring the Database and Schema 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Define and use SQL components
  • Introduce ANSI SQL
  • Employ comments
  • Rename fields in a query with aliasing

Exploring Tables and Columns 2h

Lesson Objectives
  • Define data types and metadata
  • Perform text and numeric functions on fields
  • Use functions such as ROUND(), UPPER(), and LOWER()

Filtering with Numbers 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Use comparison operators (<, >, =, <>)
  • Find NULL values
  • Filter with BETWEEN, IN, AND, and OR

Filtering with Strings and Categories 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Find unique categories with SELECT DISTINCT
  • Filter by strings with IN/ BETWEEN
  • Filter by wildcards with LIKE

Sorting Results 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Sort in ascending and descending order
  • Sort by multiple criteria
  • Use ORDER BY along with LIMIT
  • Format SQL code for readability

Conditional Statements and Style 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Bin numbers or categories with CASE
  • Order by expressions
  • Explore performant SQL

Guided Project: Analyzing Kickstarter Projects 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Explain the context of the problem
  • Query the dataset
  • Filter the dataset
  • Sort the dataset

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Challenge yourself with exercises

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Work with real data from day one with interactive lessons and hands-on exercises.

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