Complete SQL and Databases Bootcamp (Udemy.com)
Master SQL, Database Management & Design and learn to work with databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL + more. With Exercises!
Created by: Andrei Neagoie
Last updated August 2024
What you will learn
- Become an expert in SQL and Database Concepts
- Understand SQL vs NoSQL, MongoDB vs MySQL vs PostgreSQL
- Add SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Database Management/Design to your resume
- Learn to perform efficient and performant SQL queries using best practices
- Learn how Machine Learning, Data Science and Data Engineers use Big Data and databases
- Apply for SQL developer, Database Administrator, Business Analyst, Backend Developer and Business Intelligence roles
- Use the right SQL features to work with data efficiently and solve database problems
- Database best practices to design and manage your company data
- Learn to make business and market decisions based on user data
- Learn how to scale databases by using things like Sharding, Replication, etc...
- Create your own databases while using SQL to interact with the data
- Use real-world data to generate insights and reports using SQL
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Overall Score : 92 / 100
Course Description
Just launched with all modern SQL and Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, + more) features! Join a live online community of over 900,000+ students and a course taught by industry experts that have actually worked both in Silicon Valley and Toronto managing databases. This is one of the most in demand tech skills in the world right now with SQL being used for many years to come (it has been around since the 1970s and going stronger than ever)!
Using the latest best practices in SQL, Database Management and Database Design, this course is focused on efficiency. Never spend time on confusing, out of date, incomplete tutorials anymore. Graduates of Andrei’s courses are now working at Google, Tesla, Amazon, Apple, IBM, JP Morgan, Meta, + other top tech companies.
We guarantee you this is the most comprehensive online resource on Databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL. This project and exercise based course will introduce you to all of the modern toolchain of an SQL developer or anyone using a database in the workplace (Product Manager, Business Analyst/Intelligence, Data Analyst, Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineer, Web Developer, Mobile Developer + any role requiring insights from data). Along the way, we will learn practical and real world skills that will get you hired.
The curriculum is going to be very hands on as we walk you from start to finish of working with databases and SQL, all the way into learning how to scale databases, how to manage them, and even bonus material on working with Big Data, Caching using Redis, and connecting PostgreSQL to a Node.js server. We even talk about pros and cons of choosing an SQL Database vs NoSQL like MongoDB. We will start from the very beginning by teaching you SQL and Database Fundamentals and then going into advanced topics so you can make good decisions and work with any data that your company has no matter how complex!
The topics covered are:
- NoSQL (MongoDB) vs PostgreSQL, MySQL vs NewSQL
- SQL Theory And Concepts
- The Relational Model
- SQL Basics
- SQL Functions
- Data Modification Language / DML
- Data Query Language / DQL
- Subqueries
- Indexes
- SQL Filtering / WHERE Statement
- 3 Valued Logic
- SQL JOINS
- Window Functions
- Date Filtering and Timestamps
- SQL Aggregate Functions
- SQL Operator Precedense
- SQL ORDER BY
- SQL GROUP BY
- SQL Top Down Design
- SQL Bottom Up Design
- SQL Entity Relationship Diagram
- SQL Normalization
- Database Types
- The role of a DBMS
- Multi Table SELECT
- The Software Development Lifecycle / SDLC
- POSTGRES Role Management
- POSTGRES Permission Management
- POSTGRES Backup Strategies
- POSTGRES Transaction Management/ SQL Transactions
- POSTGRES/SQL Data Types
- SQL Views
- Redis Database
- Elasticsearch
- Connecting A Database To A Server/Web App (Node.js)
- Data Engineering (Kafka, Hadoop, etc...)
- Sharding
- Replication
- Backups
- Vertical + Horizontal Scaling
- Distributed vs Centralized Databases
- Big Data + Analytics
- Database Security (SQL Injections, Access Control, etc...)
+ more
With SQL you will be able to work with all databases like: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, SQLite, MariaDB, Amazon Redshift, Presto, Apache Hive with Hadoop, and many many more because SQL is everywhere!
You see, data is everywhere and it is the most valuable asset in the world. All the top companies need people that can work with data. That is where this course comes in. Unlike most tutorials out there, this course encompasses many fields working with many databases. Whether you want to get into the tech industry, you’re a mobile or web developer, a data scientist, a machine learning engineer, a business analyst, even sales and marketing or you have your own company. Any role that requires you to work with data will need to know this valuable skill that is SQL (how to interact with databases, analyze, and use data).
Here is the thing though. There are many courses on this topic.
Let me tell you 3 reasons why this course is different from any other SQL/PostgreSQL/MySQL/Database tutorial online:
1. In this course you will learn to work with not just 1 but many Databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Server, Redis, and so much more. No prior programming or technical experience is necessary. We take you from absolute zero, all the way to mastery. We will go above and beyond to not just teach you SQL commands but to teach you advanced techniques, best practices, database design and how to think about performance, security, and scalability.
2. This course is taught by actual professionals who have experience and have worked with databases for some of the largest companies in the world. Mo is a super star when it comes SQL. He has built software for the European Union, launched products for 5 Fortune 500 companies, and has consulted at Google. Andrei has worked on enterprise level apps for large tech firms in Silicon Valley as well as Toronto and has also taught others tech skills that got them into big companies like Google. By having both Andrei and Mo teach, you get to see different perspective and learn from 2 engineers as if you are working at a company together.
3. We are going to have fun here. The course starts off with you getting hired at Keiko Corp to investigate their recent Database breach. Because we believe in learning by doing, you will be doing tons of real life assignments and exercises along the way, and eventually get to the point where you can help Keiko Corp solve their mystery by looking at their databases and analyzing hidden information. Our goals is that everyone has fun and is successful after completing the course :)
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
6,958 Reviews
Andrei Neagoie
Andrei is the instructor of some of the highest rated programming and technical courses online. He no longer teaches on Udemy. Instead, he is now the founder of ZTM Academy which is one of the fastest growing education platforms in the world
ZTM Academy is known for having some of the best instructors and success rates for students.
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Reviews
By Mohammed Tamami `Abdullah AL Alawi on 7/16/2026
I gave this rating because my experience with ZTM has been excellent. The courses are well-structured, engaging, and packed with practical knowledge that can be applied to real-world projects. The instructors explain complex topics in a clear and easy-to-understand way, making it easier to stay motivated throughout the learning journey. I especially appreciate the hands-on projects, coding exercises, and the focus on building real skills instead of just covering theory. The content is regularly updated, and the learning platform is easy to navigate. Overall, ZTM has helped me improve my technical skills and confidence, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn programming, AI, data analysis, or other technology-related subjects.
By Antoine Marion on 11/28/2025
Well structured course, the teaching style is great and the content is complete. My only complaint would be the tooling used for the course. Valentina Studio isn't free and past the trial, it is a pain to use. For Windows, I would suggest SQL Server Management Studio
By VICKY ANAND on 6/17/2025
I am a frontend developer working for more than 3 years on ReactJS and NextJS but always wondered how backends work and was never confident on how things are working in the backend and that curiosity landed me to this course and I am so glad I choose this for learning. Now, I am going to work on backend stuffs as well in my current organisation. Thanks to the Zero to Mastery Team for making me feel so confident.
By Francisco Olmedo Valencia on 5/8/2025
The course provides a very detailed overview of fundamental SQL concepts and also touches on some more in-depth topics. The only bad thing I found, was that the instructor does not have the clarity to explain the more complex topics of the course, which makes it difficult to understand some of the more difficult concepts, so you have to do your own research anyway. Overall it is a good course!
By Salih Al_Edrisy on 2/12/2024
Thank you @ZTM The course contains essential information for thinking like a developer and analyst working with SQL. It covers database design, querying, and data analysis, providing a comprehensive understanding of SQL principles and best practices. Students will learn to write efficient and effective SQL queries, manipulate data, and perform complex analysis tasks. By the end of the course, participants will have the skills and knowledge to confidently work with SQL in a professional setting ⭐️⭐️⭐️.
By Celestino Trosso on 11/5/2023
This course was just amazing to me, after many failures on trying to learn about databases I could finally find a course that helped me a lot. I was facing tough times at university when learning about databases because my teacher explanations were not that helpful, I used to come back to this course so I could get. nowadays I use it whenever I want to review a concept.
By Casey Norton on 2/13/2023
Great course, from someone with very little SQL knowledge coming in. The instructors spoke well and kept me engaged throughout. I do wish there had been some coverage of stored procedures/triggers in the course, and the course would benefit from additional exercises. For the instructors: Some constructive criticism/discrepancies I noticed: Lesson 109, Group By exercises - For the 3rd exercise Q; the answer provided does not make use of Group By. You can remove the Group By clause from the query and receive the exact same output, so this Q isn't really helpful in understanding the topic. Lesson 126, Window function exercises - 2 out of 3 of the exercise answers provided use aliased window functions, but the course does not cover how to alias a window function to begin with... Tbf it made me figure it out myself, so I guess it's not all bad. Lesson 156, Creating Users and Configuring login -The lesson states that the default method for connection in the pg_hba.conf file is Trust, but for me the default was mda5 -I tried adding the extra line to the hba.conf file to always trust my postgres user. After doing this the postgres server would not run at all. I had to remove the line before it would run again. No idea why, but thought I'd mention it. Lesson 181, Backing up in postgres - When I tried to create the backup in valentina db it failed with a simple 'dump failed' message. Maybe this one's on valentina for having crappy error messaging, but it was disappointing as I didn't have a next step :(
By Clinton Chidera on 1/26/2023
Well I am most definitely glad and fortunate I got to purchase and practice with ZTM, because it's explanatory to a great extent, though it's not all topics I understand fully (like Framing in Window Function and Sub-Query, especially the latter), but I believe with continuous practice from this platform and others as well I will be right where I want to be. I say this with faith because I know it's not be easy, but we all know nothing worth doing is easy.
By Mukwa Ndudi on 7/6/2021
I always complete the entire program before rating.This course was above my expectation. It's simply great! This course is worth taking, it really takes you from zero to mastery. My favor sections are from section 3 to section 9. Clear and concise explanation of concepts, instructors were knowledgeable and on top of topics Les gars vous avez fait du bon boulot. Ah tiya !!!
By Pratiek Sanklecha on 7/2/2021
Good But Wasn't upto my expectation set by the introduction video. 80% of the course is about "SELECT queries". (Fetching Information from Database) The most under explained part is Database Design & Mordern Concepts like distributed databases, sharding, scaling, etc. you can get more information by reading wiki on these topics covered just for name sake. That was big disappointment. If you care about select queries this is the course for you, but definitely not Mastery.












