Database Systems : A Pragmatic Approach

Foster, Elvis C., Godbole, Shripad

ISBN 10: 1484208781 / ISBN 13: 9781484208786

Published by Apress L. P., 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Database Systems : A Pragmatic Approach
• Publisher: Apress L. P.
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484208781
• ISBN 13: 9781484208786
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Database Systems: A Pragmatic Approach is a classroom textbook for use by students who are learning about relational databases, and the professors who teach them. It discusses the database as an essential component of a software system, as well as a valuable, mission critical corporate resource. The book is based on lecture notes that have been tested and proven over several years, with outstanding results. It also exemplifies mastery of the technique of combining and balancing theory with practice, to give students their best chance at success. Upholding his aim for brevity, comprehensive coverage, and relevance, author Elvis C. Foster's practical and methodical discussion style gets straight to the salient issues, and avoids unnecessary fluff as well as an overkill of theoretical calculations.

The book discusses concepts, principles, design, implementation, and management issues of databases. Each chapter is organized systematically into brief, reader-friendly sections, with itemization of the important points to be remembered. It adopts a methodical and pragmatic approach to solving database systems problems. Diagrams and illustrations also sum up the salient points to enhance learning. Additionally, the book includes a number of Foster's original methodologies that add clarity and creativity to the database modeling and design experience while making a novel contribution to the discipline. Everything combines to make Database Systems: A Pragmatic Approach an excellent textbook for students, and an excellent resource on theory for the practitioner.

About the Author

Elvis C. Foster is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Keene State College, New Hampshire. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science and Electronics, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science (specializing in strategic information systems and database systems) from University of the West Indies, Mona Jamaica.  Dr. Foster has over 25 years of combined experience as a software engineer, database expert, information technology executive and consultant, and computer science educator. He has had the favorable experience of being involved with the design and/or development of software systems for various medium-sized and large organizations, including the central bank of his own country. He has lectured at the tertiary level in three different countries, including the United States, where he now resides. He has produced many outstanding computer science and information technology professionals. Many of them have excelled at graduate school; others have gone straight to industry after their first degree; the thorough grounding acquired often serves them well, whether it be in leading software engineering enterprises around the world, or in other chosen vocations. His textbooks draw from that experience.