to Friday, October 25, 2024 5:00 PM
chris.codeweek
Open online activity
English
This hands-on workshop in English is for everyone looking for a free, fast and simple to use database for analysing large amounts of data. Paraphrasing from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDB):
...DuckDB (https://duckdb.org) is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) originally developed by Mark Raasveldt and Hannes Mühleisen at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands and first released in 2019.... The project has over 6 million downloads per month... DuckDB is used at Facebook, Google, and Airbnb...
The followings will be covered:
- What is DuckDB?
- Why DuckDB?
- Using DuckDB via the command line interface (CLI)
- Using DuckDB via graphical user interfaces (GUI)
- Using DuckDB via the Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Using DuckDB via the Python programming language
- Comparing DuckDB with Apache Spark/Databricks
- Scaling DuckDB with MotherDuck
- Artificial intelligence (AI) use cases
Seats are limited to 15! Sign up for free by clicking on the link at "Happening at" above or at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-duckdb-a-free-fast-and-simple-to-use-database-tickets-1029790470017. Note that the time of the day indicated above is in Central European Summer Time (CEST) or UTC+2.
Information on preparation needed BEFORE the workshop will be posted on Hands-on DuckDB - a fast, free and simple to use database 1 week in advance. Link to the online workshop will be provided 3 hours before the event in Eventbrite. Please feel very free to write to chris.codeweek@proton.me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions in the meantime!
A bit about me: my name is Chris and I have been working in the information technology (IT) industry for over 30 years around the world. I am currently located in Germany and have been conducting hands-on workshops during EU Code Week since 2019.
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Higher Education
Post graduate students
Employed adults
Unemployed adults
Other (see description)
Teachers
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Basic programming concepts
Software development
Data manipulation and visualisation
Playful coding activities
Artificial intelligence
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- What is coding?
- How to get started?
- Essence of Python
- Reading data from Microsoft Excel
- Using artificial intelligence (AI) services via application programming interfaces (API)
- Processing image files
- Generating QR codes
Seats are limited to 15! Sign up for free at Eventbrite by clicking on the "Happening at" link above or at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/you-can-code-from-zero-to-hero-in-120-minutes-tickets-1029620000137. Note that the time of the day indicated above is in Central European Summer Time (CEST) or UTC+2.
Information on preparation needed BEFORE the workshop will be posted on You can code! From zero to hero in 120 minutes! 1 week in advance. Link to the online workshop will be provided 3 hours before the event in Eventbrite. Please feel very free to write to chris.codeweek@proton.me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions in the meantime!
A bit about me: my name is Chris and I have been working in the information technology (IT) industry for over 30 years around the world. I am currently located in Germany and have been conducting hands-on workshops during EU Code Week since 2019.