CST363 Week 8 Final Learning Journal Entry

Briefly summarize the what you consider to be the three (3) most important things you learned in this course.

One of the most important things I have learned in this course was how databases actually work behind the scenes, from how data is structured with tables and relationships to how SQL brings it all together. I also learned how normalization improves efficiency and prevents redundancy, which made database design make a lot more sense. I learned how to split up work accordingly as a group efficiently and how to trouble shoot databases, as well as help my group trouble shoot. I learned how SQL and Java can be intertwined as well, which was interesting to learn about and will be useful in my career later! Lastly, I gained a stronger understanding of how to use joins and queries to pull meaningful information from data, which I know will be really valuable for future software projects.

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