This course will introduce students to the basics of the Structured Query Language (SQL) as well as basic database design for storing data as part of a multi-step data gathering, analysis, and processing effort. The course will use SQLite3 as its database. We will also build web crawlers and multi-step data gathering and visualization processes. We will use the D3.js library to do basic data visualization. This course will cover Chapters 14-15 of the book “Python for Everybody”. To succeed in this course, you should be familiar with the material covered in Chapters 1-13 of the textbook and the first three courses in this specialization. This course covers Python 3.
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What you will learn
Use the Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations to manage databases
Explain the basics of Object Oriented Python
Understand how data is stored across multiple tables in a database
Utilize the Google Maps API to visualize data
Skills you will gain
Python ProgrammingDatabase (DBMS)SqliteSQL
Learner Career Outcomes
34%
started a new career after completing these courses
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got a tangible career benefit from this course
13%
got a pay increase or promotion
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100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Course 4 of 5 in the
Flexible deadlines
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Approx. 14 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: English, Korean
Offered by
University of Michigan
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
3 hours to complete
Object Oriented Python
To start this class out we cover the basics of Object Oriented Python. We won't be writing our own objects, but since many of the things we use like BeautifulSoup, strings, dictionaries, database connections all use Object Oriented (OO) patterns we should at least understand some of its patterns and terminology.
3 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 64 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes
8 videos
Unicode Characters and Strings17m
14.1 - Object Oriented Definitions and Terminology8m
14.2 - Our First Class and Object7m
14.3 - Object Life Cycle8m
14.4 - Object Inheritance6m
Bonus: Interview - Software Engineering - Bertrand Meyer11m
Bonus: Office Hours - London1m
4 readings
Help us learn more about you!10m
Python Textbook10m
Coming from Python 2 - Encoding Data in Python 310m
Notice for Auditing Learners: Assignment Submission10m
2 practice exercises
Using Encoded Data in Python 330m
Object Oriented Programming30m
4 hours to complete
Basic Structured Query Language
We learn the four core CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) to manage data stored in a database.
4 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 77 min)
7 videos
15.2 - Using Databases12m
15.3 - Single Table CRUD16m
Worked Example: Counting Email in a Database13m
Bonus: Office Hours Zagreb, Croatia3m
Interview: Elizabeth Fong - The Early Years of SQL7m
Worked Example: Twspider.py (Chapter 15)9m
1 practice exercise
Single-Table SQL30m
3 hours to complete
Data Models and Relational SQL
In this section we learn about how data is stored across multiple tables in a database and how rows are linked (i.e., we establish relationships) in the database.
3 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 81 min)
8 videos
15.5 - Representing a Data Model in Tables11m
15.6 - Inserting Relational Data9m
15.7 - Reconstructing Data with JOIN12m
Worked Example: Tracks.py (Chapter 15)13m
Bonus: Office Hours Perth, Australia1m
Bonus Interview: Niklaus Wirth15m
Bonus: Office Hours Barcelona2m
1 practice exercise
Multi-Table Relational SQL30m
3 hours to complete
Many-to-Many Relationships in SQL
In this section we explore how to model situations like students enrolling in courses where each course has many students and each student is enrolled in many courses.
3 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 62 min)
5 videos
Worked Example: roster.py (Chapter 15)11m
Bonus: Office Hours Mexico, City54s
Bonus Interview: Andrew Tannenbaum - Minix10m
Worked Example: Twfriends.py (Chapter 15)21m
1 practice exercise
Many-to-Many Relationships and Python30m
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TOP REVIEWS FROM USING DATABASES WITH PYTHON
by BTJan 31, 2020
Course is worthwhile taking and Dr. Severance is engaging in the videos. People new to Python should read book chapters prior to viewing videos so as to familiarize themselves with the subject matter.
by MMMar 12, 2018
The course is great... You can definitely learn many things... Was kind of hard for me and i went many times back and forth through most of the lectures... However i think i learn many new things....
by SZSep 10, 2016
I hope this can be a little bit more challenge. All the assignments are easy to be finished, some of them can be done within minutes. Comparing with JHU's R programming, that can be too hard, though.
by JLJun 22, 2017
Wonderful course! I learnt many useful SQL statements and know how to combine database operations into python program. Dr. Chuck's lectures are always comprehensible and clear. Thank you, professor.
About the Python for Everybody Specialization
This Specialization builds on the success of the Python for Everybody course and will introduce fundamental programming concepts including data structures, networked application program interfaces, and databases, using the Python programming language. In the Capstone Project, you’ll use the technologies learned throughout the Specialization to design and create your own applications for data retrieval, processing, and visualization.
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