Top Database books curated by experts

Presents the fundamental concepts of database management. This text is suitable for a first course in databases at the junior/senior undergraduate level or the first year graduate level.

The need to handle increasingly larger data volumes is one factor driving the adoption of a new class of nonrelational "NoSQL" databases. Advocates of NoSQL databases claim they can be used to build systems that are more performant, scale better, and are easier to program. ...

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools available today, it’s often difficult to understand what each one offers and how they differ. ...

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. ...

Databas(e)ics clearly explains the key concepts users and database professionals need to understand in order to build well-designed databases that answer business questions accurately and efficiently. ...

In Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch) bestselling author Sebastian Raschka guides you step by step through creating your own LLM. Each stage is explained with clear text, diagrams, and examples. You’ll go from the initial design and creation, to pretraining on a general corpus, and on t…

In this collection of articles, the breadth of database research and applications is represented. Many of the forty articles are sourced from out-of-print or limited circulation journals, and technical ...

Designing generative AI (GenAI) systems for interviews can be complex and challenging. This book offers a clear and structured approach to help you tackle a wide range of GenAI system design questions. It provides a practical framework and real-world examples to make learning these concepts easi…

How does MongoDB help you manage a huMONGOus amount of data collected through your web application? With this authoritative introduction, you'll learn the many advantages of using document-oriented ...

Michael J. Hernandez's best-selling Database Design for Mere Mortals has earned worldwide respect as the simplest way to learn relational database design. Now, he has made this hands-on, software independent tutorial even clearer and easier to use. ...

Bill Karwin has helped thousands of people write better SQL and build stronger relational databases. ...

For Database Systems and Database Design and Application courses offered at the junior, senior and graduate levels in Computer Science departments. ...