CST363 Week 1

 1. Spreadsheets are good way to organize and analyze data but the data in each cell is not explicitly linked. Relational databases have built in links between tables, columns, and rows that allow it to easy analyze that data while being sure that a false connection is being made. 

2.  A database is a useful tool to have for any program that is going to use data because it holds the connections within the database so that each new piece of data that is inserted does not have to be individually linked. It also allows for the data to be easily displayed in the table format. Ultimately it saves time in the long run to put in the efoort to set up the database.

3. Databases are a very useful tool and I want to go into a database management career so I believe that everything in this class will help me in a future career but understanding one of the most pivotal parts of programming like databases is a valuable skill to have, 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

CST 370 Week 5

 This week we moved from learning how to read and understand algorithms, to a more direct approach to writing some of the more advanced algorithms that explore the more common mathematical and logical problems programmers tend to face. Learning about topological ordering, tree structuring, and quick sort was very interesting as these concepts are huge throughout the computer science landscape. COming off the test last week I feel reinvogorated to keep learning. 
Read more

CST 370 Week 2

 This week was very interesting, I had learned about time efficiency and Big O, Theta and Omega notation in the past but it was great to learn formal definitions and see some examples of how they can be applied. Understanding how to evaluate recursive algorithms was new for me and pretty difficult to understand at first but after reading the text book and other required materials it started to make a little more sense. I would like to continue practicing evaluating both recursive and nonrecursive algorithms  just to continue understand the asymptotic notations a little bit more. Overall it was a good week and the homework was challenging in a great way. 
Read more

CST 370 Week 4

 This week I was able to study some of the topics I struggled with in previous weeks like recurrence relationships. In preparing for the test being able to use two sheets of paper as notes was helpful for studying but also helpful for the test. A refresher on merge sort was also a welcome experience as well as the divide and conquer techniques. 
Read more