Workshop Prerequisites

• Login to Microsoft Azure with your yorku.ca email and sign up for students plan, (yorku.ca not my.yorku.ca)

OPTIONAL

• Docker https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ (Unix)
• Docker https://docs.docker.com/desktop/ Desktop (Supports all OS)
• Oracle XE Docker Image https://hub.docker.com/r/gvenzl/oracle-xe
• Front end repo: https://github.com/hxddad/cshub-database-workshop
• Back end repo: https://github.com/demardefrozen10/CSHub-Cloud-And-Database-Workshop

What is a Database?

The concept of a database is some means of storing data of different types and for a variety of use cases.

You can think of them as big bank vaults that store data instead of money. Some old examples of physical databases are: Phone books (Instead of having to memorize phone numbers you can query from the book), or Physical spreadsheets/filing cabinets. These are outdated methods and were improved as technology improved.

For example:

Old Style:

Flip through the pages through a phone book until you find the requested number (If any).