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Module 2: Data Modeling & SQL (The Library System)

📚 Module 2: Data Modeling & SQL

Course ID: DE-702
Subject: The Library System

In Data Engineering, you must Organize data so it’s fast to search.


🏗️ Step 1: Normalization (The “Library System”)

Instead of writing an author’s bio in every book they ever wrote, you have a separate Authors table and link them via an ID.


🏗️ Step 2: SQL (The “Librarian’s Language”)

  • SELECT: Columns.
  • FROM: Table.
  • JOIN: Combine tables.
  • WHERE: Filter rows.

🥅 Module 2 Review

  1. Data Modeling: Designing table connections.
  2. Normalization: Splitting data to avoid redundancy.
  3. SQL: Talking to a librarian.

:::tip Slow Learner Note Just think of it as Talking to a Librarian. You’re just asking for specific rows and columns! :::