Blas – Week 3 – Days 3-5

These last days I began looking into the world of databases. Although they seem straight forward and simple like they are a bunch of tables, they are a lot more complex than they seem. First I began looking into database providers like amazon (AWS) and other non local databases. For my project they told me to use a local database(meaning it is stored on this computer). The database in question was postgreSQL which is a provider for these types of db’s. I looked into it and the more I looked the more confusing it got. Thankfully the people here hopped on some calls with me and helped me on the right path. I learned that SQL is the language, basically, that runs the database and it’s better to have a ui like pgAdmin which helps keep track of your database. This Friday I have spent most the day downloading and setting up this software to help my creation of my db and will hopefully finish it on monday.