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CST 363 Learning Journal Week 8

 For me this class was definitely a challenge and I feel I will need to revisit many of the concepts covered in this course. The three most important things I learned in this class is how to work with SQL, how to design a database using ERDs and implementing MongoDB in a real application. 

I enjoyed learning about SQL because it is a different language from many of the languages I had seen before. It also seems to be one of the most common languages in use for working with database information.

The ERD section of this class was also useful. I found that it really helped to start to develop a database and identify all of the important entities and define their relationships. This would prove useful as I moved on to the actual database creation because it was a matter of referencing the ERD and creating the appropriate components.

MongoDB was a good experience and made working with a database in an application a lot more streamlined. I still need to practice and get familiar with how to write the code, but I am confident over time I will gain the skills and knowledge to work with this code base.

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