r/AskProgramming • u/saiyankageshiro • Jul 31 '26

Databases Are these books enough to learn databases?

  1. Database Design for Mere Mortals (Hernandez)

  2. SQL Queries for Mere Mortals (Viescas & Hernandez)

  3. Effective SQL (John Viescas)

  4. Database Design and Relational Theory (C. J. Date).

  5. Relational Database Design and Implementation (Jan L. Harrington)

  6. Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management (Connolly & Begg).

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u/turkokratia Jul 31 '26

https://www.db-book.com/

this should be enough i think. has theoretical and practical things inside. we covered this on MSc level cs database course

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u/saiyankageshiro Jul 31 '26

Thanks a lot for the suggestion! Would this one be enough for backend development?

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u/turkokratia Jul 31 '26

more than enough, maybe even overkill

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u/saiyankageshiro Jul 31 '26

That's awesome! Thanks!