Week 6 Web Architecture

Well, things seem to be getting easier and I am feeling more confident in completing the quiz and lab each week.  This week seemed to be particularly easy for me to catch on to.  I think it is because we are looking at it more from a programming perspective this week and writing in code.  This is what I am more familiar with.  Databases are completely new to me though, I even dropped my database with MySQL last session because it just seemed to be overwhelming to me and I couldn't catch on, at least not from where they were starting.  I felt like I was missing something from a previous class, but there were no prerequisites, or at least none that I hadn't already completed.  Now that we are getting into databases a little bit, I am already feeling better prepared to retry that class which just so happens to be next session!

In doing this lab I learned how to install MySQL database onto a Linux system, as well as some familiar commands that we have learned and used thus far such as starting, stopping, and the status of the database.

I also found that the 3 styles of SQL commands and statements are important to know and remember what does what.

As always the textbook has been a great help in identifying and utilizing different commands to set up MySQL on a Linux server.  As well as the weekly lesson, I always find the lesson to be exceptionally helpful.  It jumps right to the point and covering an overview of what there is to cover for the week.  I review the weekly lessons at least 3 - 4 times a week to ensure that I am retaining imperative information.