CREATE DATABASE statement syntax
What would seem like a complex task — creating a new database — is possibly the simplest statement of all:…
Database tools for learning SQL
Information Technology students must learn Structured Query Language (“SQL”). As Microsoft Access’ SQL often deviates from standard SQL, I started…
CREATE TABLE syntax
This post is aimed at Information Technology (“IT”) students in DBE and IEB schools. When learning the Structured Query Language…
Sending arguments to a Java application
This tutorial takes up where the Hello World! in Java left off. Our next step will be to allow the…
“Hello World!” in Java
A no-explanations "Hello World!" Java tutorial for the impatient!
Setting up a computer for Java development
This tutorial covers the download and installation of the Java Development Kit ("JDK").
MySQL column aliases
In the process of refactoring some MySQL queries in some PHP code, I came across some interesting syntax for field…