My rating:
add to my books
Loading...
The Manga Guide to Databases
Want to learn about databases without the tedium? With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics and serious educational content, The Manga Guide to Databases is just the book for you.Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away, she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod's humongous fruit-selling empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicti...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
February 4th 2009
by No Starch Press
(first published December 1st 2008)
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
sign in »
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is currently not featured on any Listopia lists.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
108)
Mana Takahashi, The Manga Guide to Databases (No Starch Press, 2004)
No Starch Press, one of the great repositories of Linux knowledge in America, bills itself as “the finest in geek entertainment.” True, that, and they have outdone themselves in this regard by importing, translating, and publishing Ohmsha Press' edumanga series of books. I've been intrigued by these for a few years, and I figured the best place to start would be with one where I'm conversant with the material; that w...more
No Starch Press, one of the great repositories of Linux knowledge in America, bills itself as “the finest in geek entertainment.” True, that, and they have outdone themselves in this regard by importing, translating, and publishing Ohmsha Press' edumanga series of books. I've been intrigued by these for a few years, and I figured the best place to start would be with one where I'm conversant with the material; that w...more
I'm well-versed in databases, but this manga impressed me with its broad introduction into the stuff. Although I wonder to what extent a little kid could crawl through all the text, ironically a college student would look down on it for havint too little text.
But make no mistake: this could be a revolutionary learning tool in the right hands. If it takes 15 weeks with a textbook to learn about databases, consider what could happen if this book could teach the concepts in a single wee...more
But make no mistake: this could be a revolutionary learning tool in the right hands. If it takes 15 weeks with a textbook to learn about databases, consider what could happen if this book could teach the concepts in a single wee...more
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.
Becky
marked it as to-read
Saw this series in a catalog, and now that we've purchased it, I'm intrigued. Uses a manga format to explain academic topics. This one caught my eye because maybe this is another way that library "databases" are a misnomer (as compared to this topic: the relational databases built by computer scientists).
An excellent introduction to databases in a traditional (more or less) Manga format. This is one of a series of book which have been translated to English and published in the US and Canada by O'Reilly. Statistics, Physics, Calculus, etc. are all covered.
The fact that these are popular enough in Japan to a) be published and b) be translated for export may be one sign why the Asia is kicking the US's arse at technical literacy.
The fact that these are popular enough in Japan to a) be published and b) be translated for export may be one sign why the Asia is kicking the US's arse at technical literacy.
promise to self: finish reading this before starting ANYTHING else. at least - for nonfiction - it has entertainment as well as practical value.
finished! like getting concepts with pictures although the manga part was kinda too cutsy.
finished! like getting concepts with pictures although the manga part was kinda too cutsy.
Pretty basic "Intro to Databases" content, but done in manga style with an amusing little story around it.
Definitely worth checking out, though, if you're new to databases and like manga :-P
Definitely worth checking out, though, if you're new to databases and like manga :-P
A database fairy explains SQL to a princess. Actually a very good introduction to databases if you can get past the hyper-cuteness of it all.
It's a good beginner's guide to understand database theories, concepts. It also has a cute storyline to tie the lessons together
Charlene
marked it as to-read
Came across this from a slashdot book review.
Intrigue, jealousy, romance, and structured query language...
It actually works, and as a broad introduction to databases, I found that I learned and retained quite a bit of the material presented. Chapters present the basic information in Manga format, then expand on the material in more detail with helpful diagrams, tables, and examples of queries, etc.
I still do not understand the stylistic format of Manga. Overly exaggerated and extremely literal comic characters, emot...more
It actually works, and as a broad introduction to databases, I found that I learned and retained quite a bit of the material presented. Chapters present the basic information in Manga format, then expand on the material in more detail with helpful diagrams, tables, and examples of queries, etc.
I still do not understand the stylistic format of Manga. Overly exaggerated and extremely literal comic characters, emot...more
Its a really good place to start learning about Data Bases. I really recommend the read.
I really liked this book. In fact I wish I found this cute tutorial when I took my database class in my sophomore year. I highly recommend this book for those who young at heart and curious about database.
Terrific introduction to database theory. I got through it in an hour and it helped me conceptualize some issues.
-1 star because joins are not explained :)
Lovely read :)
Lovely read :)
view 2 comments
Marissa
marked it as to-read
Vladimir Todorov
marked it as to-read
T60n3
is currently reading it
Friar Tuck
marked it as to-read
Neycho
marked it as to-read
Alex
added it
Jennifer Mann
is currently reading it
Yanique
added it
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
