CS 374: Database Systems
James Madison University, Spring 2022

Jan 22: Architecture, DBMS Components

Lesson Outline

10 min HW Logistics
* In general, you will submit a tex file
* I will build & grade the resulting pdf
* Points taken off if it doesn't compile!
* Special chars: # $ % ^ & { } ~ \
* Don't forget to Type Your Name Here
* One question per page and vice versa
20 min Textbook Slides
* Review of Chapter 1
* Overview of Chapter 2
40 min Group Activity
* Chapter 1 questions (15+5 min)
* Chapter 2 questions (15+5 min)
5 min Python Tutorials
* Learn the Basics
* The Python Tutorial
* Learn X in Y minutes
* Python in VS Code

Before Tuesday

  1. Textbook: Read PDBM 2.1--2.2 (14 pages).

  2. Homework: Work on HW1 due this Sunday.

  3. Tutorial: If unfamiliar, start learning Python.
    * See "Learn the Basics" on LearnPython.org.