The One with the Apprentice.

Friends is back on Netflix and what better way to celebrate than to start a blog on being an Apprentice, and complete one of my first IT exercises to create a database of the friends characters and write some queries!This past month, I have begun my apprenticeship with Quaytech Systems. Over the next year or so, I will be learning about Object Orientated Programming with the long-term aim of becoming a software developer.Here at Quaytech, we are all big fans of Friends so, as an introduction to database management, I it made sense to create a database for the characters with SQL. This was a great way to introduce me to relational database management. I spent a few days creating tables of employees, managers, departments and salaries while making links between them using foreign keys. Once everything was set up, I started experimenting with writing queries. For example, I was able to write a query to find out which employees were in the finance sector (hint: it was Chandler).Sub-queries were an early stumbling block but with a plethora of online resources to help (as well as very helpful co-workers, ) I was able to further my understanding of SQL.  All of this practice came in handy, as I recently wrote my first query which was implemented to answer a support ticket; the first of many, I am sure.The next step was to access my Friends database through C#. I was introduced to Connection Strings and SqlCommand. I found this difficult at first; however, after a bit of debugging, I successfully accessed the SQL database through C# and even wrote some methods.In my short time at Quaytech, I have already learned so much. I am looking forward to continuing my learning journey.