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(176 Reviews)
FF
Nov 22, 2017
the way this course is design is absolutely amiziong. just good amount of most important information is provided. task are not too complecated to finish (maybe coudl be little more dificult:) love it!
CW
Jan 20, 2020
Tied together many data transfer concepts that I had heard of but did not understand. Very interesting set of topics - makes a novice understand what other languages might be interesting to learn.
By 王颖亮
•Jul 3, 2018
I think this course is a bit of shorter. The final assignment could be arranged in a way more challenging than now it is. Besides, there are a lot of features in SQL can dig in, say LEFT/RIGHT/OUTER JOIN, GROUP BY, HAVING, Nested SQL structure, some basic SQL formula/functions like Max/Min/Sum/Average which is not tricky and fundamental in SQL.
By Jaydeep T
•Jan 31, 2021
A lot of code is done based on other technologies that most people don't know about. Dr. Chuck doesn't get to go in detail about that. I think the course structure should cover everything (at least at a basic level) that is used in a code. Some students may not find it too hard but not everyone here is from CS background. Good course overall.
By Pradeep A
•Nov 29, 2019
Another great course by Dr. Chuck. He is eloquent, patient and clear about what his explaining. However, I feel that he should have gone into greater detail about certain topics such as APIs, geodata and database management. Nevertheless, this is an excellent course and everyone interested in database management (using Python) should try it.
By Akshat A
•May 20, 2018
I understand that delving into databases was not the motive and based on that the brevity of this course is rather appreciated. Although superficial examples raised the bar too high. Geo-coding example kind of turned down the spirits since i was unable to understand whether or not to understand the given JS and HTML codes.
By Carl B
•Apr 21, 2018
Really enjoyed the course however I found some language not explained properly in enough detail. Also found some of the worked examples too complete. Had to go over and rewrite from scratch so I understood fully - would be nice if some had a couple of assignments, one simpler and one complex so its not so much of a leap
By Julián C
•Nov 1, 2019
It is a great course, but it would have been great that it included how to perform data visualization in Python instead of just showing Javascript code. And I would also like to recommend to write at leat most of the SQL statements instead of just pasting them. Having said that, thank you Chuck for your efforts!
By Benjamin N
•Sep 2, 2018
I think the assignments could be harder.
The allotted tasks sound really difficult, but you're given base code which requires minimal changes, if any. I think that more challenging tasks would aid my retention better. As it is, I think I will want to look up additional exercises in the textbook, or something.
By VENKAT K K
•Aug 7, 2020
The way of teaching SQL was very good but the last week which included visualization was bad.I thought that visualization would be done by using python or in jupyter but it was done using javascript(which is not included in course) and giving no idea on using js and html but overall the course was GOOD!!
By ali s
•Aug 4, 2018
The course was great. I feel though that the code walk thrus are not thorough enough; and thats important for someone with no background in coding. Often a new concept/line of code comes in and is not dealt with in sufficient detail that leads you confused and ruining the whole program understanding.
By Joseph V
•Jun 20, 2017
This was a good generic course. The only thing I'd like to see is accessing other types of database - I work in an environment which utilizes MS SQL Server, and will need to do a bunch of researching and trial and error to figure out what Libraries need to be included and how to connect the databases.
By MAURO E C V
•Apr 18, 2023
The course on using databases with Python is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning how to efficiently store and retrieve data using Python. The course covers a wide range of topics, from the basics of database design to more advanced topics like querying and indexing.
By djamileh
•Aug 9, 2018
As usual, intuitive, clear, well structured and amazingly informative.
The missing star : A bit less coding than the other classes on Python - that is, using a lot of code already written and just modifying it. Thus, it might feel like you know the code but you have just "seen" it.
By Eugene B
•Jan 23, 2019
This course could've been a little more challenging. Too many assignments were just "run the files provided." I don't feel like I ended up getting to know the material quite as much as the previous courses. I ended up re-writing a lot of code myself just to get to know it better.
By Daniel H
•May 9, 2017
Good instruction on SQL. Final project was too simple given the tools that instructor had armed us without throughout the course. Could've had more programming involved in the last assignment of the course to really test knowledge on integrating python with SQL and databases.
By Vignesh S
•Sep 15, 2016
I felt that more time could have been spent going over the python code in the last section. The code was made available, and it is up to the students to review the code at their own pace. This is good. It may further help to go over the code in the video lectures themselves.
By Christopher S A
•May 31, 2019
Good course, the exercises in later weeks could have been a bit more challenging hence the ding on this. The reading material also isn't lined up well with the online course - it would be great if the reading material shared what chapter is to be read for each course/week.
By Malcolm H
•Feb 5, 2017
Great course! Dr. Severance really put a lot of thought and effort into his videos and assignments.
This course took a big leap, in terms of program complexity, from the prior courses in the series. This course could have been twice as long, and dug deeper into the details.
By Ryan M
•Mar 28, 2016
This course only touches on python + relational databases. Specifically, investigates SQLITE and the sqlite3 python library. The work is very minuscule (assignments were to simply modify pre-written python scripts). Nevertheless, good introduction to DB coding in python.
By Sarah M
•Feb 6, 2016
+ I appreciated the visual nature of the course
+ I appreciated the background info on databases
+ I liked learning SQL and using the SQLite browser.
- update to python3, I'm running python3 and found it difficult to correct the issues with urllibs in the ifnal assignmet.
By Khurram S
•Apr 22, 2021
The assignments were mainly just related to updating the code in an existing file and making it do something else. However, I would have liked it if we were made to code from scratch in the assignments.
Other than that, it is a great introduction to Databases and SQL.
By Seraphim A
•Jan 5, 2016
Overall, an excellent course, as all courses from Dr Chuck.
The last assignment could have been more demanding to stretch our learning before the Capstone.
It is a real pity that one has to pay for all previous courses in order to take the final Capstone :-(
Well done!
By Ben T
•Jul 27, 2017
The assignments are too easy in my opinion and don't require some thinking, but just some pure copy/pasting or repeating of already seen examples. I think that's something that could be improved because the content of the class and the lectures are actually great.
By Erikka I
•Sep 12, 2016
I like this series a lot. I didn't like that the last assignment is peer graded though, because now I have to wait for somebody to see my assignment and grade it... :( but otherwise, this was fun and a good introduction to working with databases! I learned a lot.
By Karl F
•Nov 16, 2016
Teacher was good, but the hand in assignments were much too simple. They didn't challenge me, and I didn't really get to practice the new things we've learned. All assignments were just about copy/paste 3-4 lines in existing code, and make a minor change to it.
By jsanfont
•Oct 26, 2016
Although the theory was getting denser, we passed through it too quickly, and the assessments were too light. Even though the aim is to have students investigate and go deeper by themselves, I think we should have been prompted to do some further development.