Fun intro to Databases and SQL ( )

This might be the most useful and easy to follow guide to databases and SQL that I have run across in the past month. If you love coding and manga, you owe yourself a copy of this book. I got this from my library but I am pretty sure I'll end up buying my own copy before the years is done. It's a fun, valuable lesson in coding and database creation and cute to boot. I think I'll also be looking at more books in the 'Manga Guide' series, too. ( )

Just had to check this out to see what this series is like. This offered a really good primer on database principles. I don't like manga so I can't say that helped my experience any. If you are someone that liked manga I suppose it would help. There are still sections that are just blocks of text with diagrams. I also had the experience of event horizon of data overload that often happens with tech manuals. ( )

It's actually a really nice book - the narrative format might seem cutesy, but what it actually does very well is what a lot of introductory technical books fail so badly at - it gives you a context for what you're learning. I've lent it to a couple of colleagues now, and the feedback I've got so far is that it's easier to remember the concepts they've learned from this book compared to other database books they've studied from.

One of the problems I run into when trying to encourage people to pick up some new technical knowledge is that they get really intimidated by it all - but it's hard to be intimidated by a story book with a fairy on the front. Team it up with a really great reference guide - this is a tutorial book rather than a reference book. ( )

The amount of technical information in the manga sections is weak, and when the book drops back to ordinary text the explanations just aren't good enough. I also noticed an error in one of the tables. ( )