Parts in this series
- An Order to Learn to Program, Part 1
- An Order to Learn to Program, Part 2
- An Order to Learn to Program, Part 3
- An Order to Learn to Program, Part 4
- An Order to Learn to Program, Part 5
- An Order to Learn to Program, Part 6
Part 3: SQL Basics
It’s not common to see SQL as the next language taught after HTML. Most authors would jump to a full-fledged structured programming language like Python or Javascript instead. There are a few reasons that I think SQL is a better next choice. While it’s a lot more complicated tool than the formatting languages you’ve been working with, SQL is designed for a specific purpose and is therefore not as overwhelming as a general purpose programming language. It also uses an English-like language that might be more familiar than those other languages. In fact, it was originally designed for use by non-programming business people, although it never achieved that goal.
