Database


Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement
Database Internals: A deep-dive into how distributed data systems work
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Database System Concepts
An Introduction to Database Systems
SQL Performance Explained
NoSQL Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence
SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming (Pragmatic Programmers)
MongoDB: The Definitive Guide
Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design
The Manga Guide to Databases
Practical SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data
Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design
SQL and Relational Theory: How to Write Accurate SQL Code
Readings in Database Systems, Third Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
JavaScript Succinctly by Cody LindleyUnit Testing Succinctly by Marc CliftonASP.NET Web API Succinctly by Emanuele DelBonoCryptography in .NET succinctly by Stephen HauntsC# Succinctly by Joe Mayo
Syncfusion's Succinctly Series
54 books — 5 voters
Database Systems by Carlos M. CoronelSQL QuickStart Guide by Walter ShieldsDatabase Systems by Hector Garcia-MolinaModern Database Management by Jeffrey A. HofferA Guide to SQL by Mark Shellman
Open Syllabus SQL Books
89 books — 5 voters

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming by Peter NorvigANSI Common Lisp by Paul    GrahamProgramming Clojure by Stuart HallowayLisp in Small Pieces by Christian QueinnecThe Art of the Metaobject Protocol by Gregor Kiczales
Rich Hickey's Clojure Bookshelf
39 books — 3 voters
Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin KleppmannDatabase Internals by Alex PetrovStreaming Systems by Tyler AkidauConcurrency by Dahlia MalkhiMaking Sense of Stream Processing by Martin Kleppmann
Data Engineering Group
24 books — 5 voters

Shing-Tung Yau
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Shing-Tung Yau, The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions

Index design is also a largely iterative process, based on the SQL generated by application designers. However, it is possible to make a sensible start by building indexes that enforce primary key constraints and indexes on known access patterns, such as a person's name. As the application evolves and testing is performed on realistic sizes of data, certain queries will need performance improvements for which building a better index is a good solution. ...more
Andrew Holdsworth, Oracle9i Database Performance Planning

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