Category “Book” — 4 articles

Now that my book Mastering PostgreSQL in Application Development is released (and selling well, thanks guys!), I’ve had some questions about the title.

The idea is that to become good at anything, we need to practice. We practice a lot, and it’s even better when we are actively trying to learn, following what’s named deliberate practice.

Today is the day my book Mastering PostgreSQL in Application Development launches! I’m all excited that everybody interested is now able to actually read my book! Mastering PostgreSQL in Application Development targets application developers who want to learn SQL properly, and actually master this programming language. Most developers don’t think of SQL as a programming language, mainly because they don’t have full control of the execution plan of their queries.

Mastering PostgreSQL in Application Development is the full title of the book I am currently writing. Running the PostgreSQL is YeSQL series of blog posts has shown me developers need a PostgreSQL book for developers. A book with the same properties as the YeSQL series articles in this blog: we use real world data sets to put every query and SQL technique we learn in the context of a user story or business case,