The Ultimate MySQL Bootcamp: Go from SQL Beginner to Expert

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If you want to learn how to gain insights from data but are too intimidated by databases to know where to start, then this course is for you. This course is a gentle but comprehensive introduction to MySQL, one of the most highly in-demand skills in the business sector today. Whether you work in sales or marketing, run your own company, or want to build your own apps, mastering MySQL is crucial to answering complex business questions and gaining insights from data.

What You'll Learn in This Course

The Ultimate MySQL Bootcamp provides a solid foundation in databases in an engaging and informative manner. Yes, it's possible to make learning about databases exciting!

In this course, you will:

  • Learn the ins and outs of SQL syntax
  • Generate reports using sales and user data
  • Analyze data using Aggregate Functions
  • Run complex queries using MySQL logical operators and string functions
  • Write all the common SQL joins
  • Work with large datasets containing thousands of entries
  • Build a web app using MySQL and NodeJS
  • Design and implement complex database schemas
  • Learn to navigate storing dates and times effectively
  • Clone the database structure of a photo-sharing social network
  • Write JavaScript code to generate fake data sets
  • And more!

Why Learn MySQL

Consistently ranked as the most in-demand skill in recent employer surveys, SQL is a fantastic way to increase your income and boost your professional development. Many companies today use MySQL, including Twitter, Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox, Github, Kickstarter, Udemy, and Slack. Unsure about the difference between SQL and MySQL? MySQL is the most popular open-source SQL database, making it a great choice for beginners. The course covers a lot about SQL and MySQL, but 95% of what you learn will also apply to other databases like PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server.

What Makes This Course Unique

This course is not just about watching code examples for hours; it includes ample opportunities for you to practice writing code yourself from the very start. My teaching experience is rooted in a classroom environment, where I've taught programming, web development, and databases to in-person bootcamp students. This course blends the best of my offline courses with the convenience of online learning.

Upon completing this course, you'll be able to interact with and query any SQL database, generate reports with ease, answer performance questions using data, and integrate MySQL into complete applications.

So let's do this! Enroll today and start learning SQL!

Requirements

  • No Database, SQL, or MySQL experience needed! Beginners to MySQL are welcome.
  • All you need is a working computer; PC, Mac, and Linux users are all welcome.
  • No prior programming experience is required, but it won't hurt :)

Target Audience

  • Anyone interested in learning SQL to enhance their current job skills or pursue a new role. SQL is highly sought after in today's job market.
  • Anyone looking to solve complex business problems and generate reports using data.
  • Business owners, sales personnel, or marketing professionals eager to understand company data better.
  • Developers wanting to build applications (e.g., social networks, ecommerce sites) using MySQL.

Course Outcomes

  • Create your own databases or interact with existing ones.
  • Write complex SQL queries across multiple tables.
  • Build a web app using Node.js and MySQL.
  • Model real-world data and generate informative reports using SQL.
  • Answer company performance or sales questions using data.

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This Course Was Just Updated! Demo
03:09
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Course Intro
01:09
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About Me
01:26
4
Getting The Course Code
01:41
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First 5 Minutes of SQL
08:24
6
Section Introduction
01:03
7
What Is A Database?
07:17
8
SQL vs. MySQL
05:51
9
Installation: START HERE!
05:18
10
Installation: Windows Instructions
09:14
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Installation: Mac Instructions
11:35
12
Section Introduction
01:10
13
Showing Databases
04:16
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Creating Databases
04:56
15
Dropping and Using Databases
05:33
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Introducing Tables
05:19
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Data Types: The Basics
07:39
18
Basic Datatypes Challenge
02:36
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Creating Tables
04:58
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How Do We Know It Worked?
04:34
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Dropping Tables
02:11
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Tables Basics Activity
02:37
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MySQL Comments
03:13
24
Section Introduction
01:41
25
INSERT: The Basics
03:45
26
A Quick Preview of SELECT
01:45
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Multi-inserts
04:49
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INSERT Exercise
05:28
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Working With NOT NULL
05:41
30
Sidenote: Quotes In MySQL
04:14
31
Adding DEFAULT Values
06:32
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Introducing Primary Keys
04:58
33
Working With AUTO_INCREMENT
07:14
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Create Table/ Insert Exercise
07:20
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Section Introduction
01:31
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Introducing CRUD
01:52
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Getting Our New "Dataset"
01:51
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Officially Introducing SELECT
03:14
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The WHERE clause
03:33
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Rapid Fire Exercises
01:26
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Rapid Fire Exercises SOLUTION
02:56
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Aliases
02:14
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Using UPDATE
05:25
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A Quick Rule Of Thumb
01:45
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UPDATE Exercise
01:05
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UPDATE Exercise SOLUTION
03:03
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Introducing DELETE
02:38
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DELETE Exercise
00:59
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DELETE Exercise SOLUTION
02:16
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Section Introduction
01:53
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Introducing the CRUD Challenge
05:12
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CRUD Challenge Solution: Creating
08:09
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CRUD Challenge Solution: Reading
01:43
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CRUD Challenge Solution: Updating
03:25
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CRUD Challenge Solution: Deleting
02:51
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Section Introduction
02:05
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The World Of String Functions
01:53
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Loading Our Books Data
05:26
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CONCAT
08:51
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SUBSTRING
07:32
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Combining String Functions
06:50
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Sidenote: SQL Formatting
04:27
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REPLACE
05:44
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REVERSE
03:31
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CHAR_LENGTH
02:51
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UPPER & LOWER
03:49
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Other String Functions
06:22
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String Functions Exercise
03:44
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String Functions Exerise SOLUTION
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Section Introduction
00:36
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Adding Some New Books
01:27
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DISTINCT
06:13
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ORDER BY
06:38
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More On ORDER BY
06:20
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LIMIT
05:40
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LIKE
07:15
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Escaping Wildcards
02:04
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Refining Selections Exercise
03:06
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Refining Selections Exercise SOLUTION
14:41
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Section Introduction
03:57
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Count Basics
07:34
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GROUP BY
10:12
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MIN and MAX Basics
03:46
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Subqueries
06:27
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Grouping By Multiple Columns
04:48
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MIN and MAX With GROUP BY
05:51
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SUM
03:46
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AVG
02:24
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Aggregate Functions Docs
01:18
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Agg Functions Exercise
02:52
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Agg Functions Exercise SOLUTION
12:36
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Section Introduction
01:57
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Surveying Other Data Types
02:53
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CHAR vs. VARCHAR
12:07
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INT, TINYINT, BIGINT, etc.
05:03
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DECIMAL
06:56
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FLOAT & DOUBLE
05:32
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DATE and TIME
04:38
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Working With Dates
07:40
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CURDATE, CURTIME, & NOW
04:16
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Date Functions
06:04
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Time Functions
02:04
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Formatting Dates
09:14
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Date Math
10:43
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TIMESTAMPS
03:29
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DEFAULT & ON UPDATE TIMESTAMPS
06:59
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Data Types Exercise
03:37
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Data Types Exercise SOLUTION
13:17
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Section Introduction
02:45
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Not Equal
02:57
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NOT LIKE
03:22
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Greater Than
03:57
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Less Than Or Equal To
02:58
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Logical AND
08:54
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Logical OR
05:39
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Between
04:48
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Comparing Dates
08:16
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The IN Operator
08:30
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CASE
08:48
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IS NULL
02:04
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Exercise
03:26
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Exercise SOLUTION
15:23
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UNIQUE Constraint
03:45
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CHECK Constraints
05:00
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Named Constraints
04:14
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Multiple Column Constraints
05:21
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ALTER TABLE: Adding Columns
05:39
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ALTER TABLE: Dropping Columns
01:55
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ALTER TABLE: Renaming
03:44
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ALTER TABLE: Modifying Columns
03:56
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ALTER TABLE: Constraints
04:13
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Section Introduction
01:58
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Data is Messy
10:29
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Relationships Basics
04:38
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One to Many Relationship
12:34
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Working with FOREIGN KEY
11:08
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Cross Joins
08:00
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Inner Joins
08:53
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Inner Joins With Group By
04:54
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Left Join
07:06
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Left Join With Group By
03:36
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Right Join
04:29
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On Delete Cascade
05:37
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Joins Exercise
03:02
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Joins Exercise SOLUTION
10:43
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Section Introduction
01:55
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Many to Many Basics
10:49
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Creating Our Many To Many Tables
06:44
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TV Series Challenge #1
03:36
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TV Series Challenge #2
03:25
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TV Series Challenge #3
03:39
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TV Series Challenge #4
03:35
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TV Series Challenge #5
02:26
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TV Series Challenge #6
09:11
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TV Series Challenge #7
05:28
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Introducing Views
06:32
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Updateable Views
05:43
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Replacing/Altering Views
03:27
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HAVING clause
04:29
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WITH ROLLUP
08:19
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SQL Modes Basics
05:52
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STRICT_TRANS_TABLES
04:26
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More Modes
09:50
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Introducing Window Functions
06:29
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Using OVER()
08:16
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PARTITION BY
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ORDER BY with Windows
06:42
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RANK()
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DENSE_RANK, & ROW_NUMBER()
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NTILE()
03:37
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FIRST_VALUE
04:06
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LEAD and LAG
05:52
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Section Introduction
01:20
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IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THIS SECTION!
01:53
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Introducing Instagram Clone
08:32
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Users Schema
06:09
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Photos Schema
06:38
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Comments Schema
06:40
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Likes Schema
07:42
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Followers Schema
07:21
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3 Approaches for Hashtags
10:35
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Implementing Hashtags Table
05:27
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Section Introduction
01:43
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Getting Lots of Instagram Data
08:31
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Instagram Challenge #1
04:54
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Instagram Challenge #2
06:42
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Instagram Challenge #3
07:23
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Instagram Challenge #4
07:06
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Instagram Challenge #5
03:14
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Instagram Challenge #6
05:30
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Instagram Challenge #7
05:16
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Course Introduction
01:09
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Instructor Introduction(s)
01:26
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Syllabus Walkthrough and Prerequisites
04:19
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Your First 5 Minutes of SQL - Let's Get Coding!
06:14
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How The Course Works
03:45
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Section Introduction
01:03
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What Is a Database?
07:17
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SQL Vs. MySQL
05:51
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Installation Overview - WATCH BEFORE INSTALLING
05:11
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Now using GoormIDE instead of Cloud9
03:17
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Mac Installation
11:42
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Windows Installation
03:33
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Section 3 Introduction
01:10
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Creating Databases
05:21
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Dropping Databases
01:47
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Using Databases
03:01
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Introduction to Tables
05:10
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The Basic Datatypes
07:53
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Basic Datatypes Challenge
02:36
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Creating Your Own Tables
00:00
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How Do We Know It Worked?
02:34
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Dropping Tables
01:37
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Creating Your Own Tables Challenge
04:30
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Section 4 Introduction
01:41
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Inserting Data
05:04
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Super Quick Intro To SELECT
02:09
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Multiple INSERT
03:01
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INSERT Challenges
01:36
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INSERT Challenges Solution
04:44
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MySQL Warnings
05:36
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NULL and NOT_NULL
06:55
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Setting Default Values
07:18
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A Primer On Primary Keys
12:22
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Table Constraints Exercise
01:52
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Table Constraints Exercise Solution
03:35
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Section 5 Introduction
01:31
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Introduction to CRUD
01:45
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Preparing Our Data
02:30
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Official Introduction to SELECT
04:19
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Introduction to WHERE
05:06
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SELECT Challenges
02:01
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SELECT Challenges Solution
02:46
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Introduction to Aliases
02:56
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The UPDATE Command
03:59
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UPDATE Challenges
00:38
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UPDATE Challenges Solution
03:59
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Introduction to DELETE
04:42
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DELETE Challenges
01:12
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DELETE Challenges Solution
02:46
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Section 6 Introduction
01:53
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CRUD Exercise Overview
07:27
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CRUD Exercise Create Solution
05:56
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CRUD Exercise Read Solution
01:49
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CRUD Exercise Update Solution
04:11
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CRUD Exercise Delete Solution
03:22
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Section 7 Introduction
02:05
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Running SQL Files
10:16
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Loading Our Book Data
05:26
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Working with CONCAT
11:08
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Introducing SUBSTRING
10:05
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Introducing REPLACE
06:40
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Using REVERSE
03:40
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Working with CHAR LENGTH
04:55
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Changing Case with UPPER and LOWER
03:21
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String Function Challenges
04:43
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String Function Challenges Solution
13:09
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Section 8 Introduction
00:36
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Seed Data: Adding A Couple New Books
02:48
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Using DISTINCT
08:25
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Sorting Data with ORDER BY
11:20
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Using LIMIT
09:04
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Better Searches with LIKE
07:43
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LIKE Part 2: More Wildcards
06:10
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Refining Selections Exercises
04:53
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Refining Selections Exercises Solution
12:30
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Section 9 Introduction
03:57
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The Count Function
08:39
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The Joys of Group By
12:23
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Note about SQL Mode only_full_group_by
04:20
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Min and Max Basics
04:13
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SUBQUERIES - A Problem with Min and Max
07:16
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Using Min and Max with Group By
06:40
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The Sum Function
04:28
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The Avg Function
06:01
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Aggregate Functions Challenges
04:28
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Aggregate Functions Challenges Solution
09:11
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Section 10 Introduction
01:57
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CHAR and VARCHAR
14:30
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DECIMAL
06:09
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FLOAT and DOUBLE
07:45
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DATE, TIME, and DATETIME
04:32
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Creating Our DATE data
05:50
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CURDATE, CURTIME, and NOW
05:16
285
Formatting Dates
14:30
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Date Math
09:41
287
Working with TIMESTAMPS
10:55
288
Data Types Exercises
04:51
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Data Types Exercises Solution
13:59
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Section 11 Introduction
02:45
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Not Equal
04:27
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Not Like
02:35
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Greater Than
10:05
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Less Than
03:49
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Logical AND
09:48
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Logical OR
06:42
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Between
10:58
298
In And Not In
11:48
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Case Statements
11:22
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Logical Operators Exercises
06:46
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Logical Operators Exercises Solution
17:48
302
Section 12 Introduction
01:58
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Real World Data Is Messy
10:29
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Types of Data Relationships
04:38
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One To Many: The Basics
12:34
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Working With Foreign Keys
12:05
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Cross Join
07:37
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Inner Join
12:46
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Left Join
15:18
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Right Joins Pt 1
10:37
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Right Joins Pt 2
09:52
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Right and Left Joins: A Common Question
03:10
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Our First Joins Exercise
06:59
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Our First Joins Exercise SOLUTION
09:11
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Our First Joins Exercise SOLUTION PT. 2
09:22
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Section 13 Introduction
01:55
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Many To Many Basics
10:49
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Creating Our Tables
10:58
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TV Joins Challenge 1
04:50
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TV Joins Challenge 2
06:23
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TV Joins Challenge 3
05:00
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TV Joins Challenge 4
06:00
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TV Joins Challenge 5
04:57
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TV Joins Challenge 6
11:58
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TV Joins Challenge 7
07:10
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Section 14 Introduction
01:20
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Introduction To Instagram Clone Schema
08:32
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Cloning Instagram's DB: Users Schema
06:09
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Cloning Instagram's DB: Photos Schema
06:38
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Cloning Instagram's DB: Comments Schema
06:40
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Cloning Instagram's DB: Likes Schema
07:42
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Cloning Instagram's DB: Followers Schema
07:21
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Cloning Instagram's DB: Hashtags Part 1
10:35
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Cloning Instagram's DB: Hashtags Part 2
05:27
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Section 15 Introduction
01:43
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Loading The JUMBO dataset
08:31
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Instagram Clone Challenge 1
04:54
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Instagram Clone Challenge 2
06:42
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Instagram Clone Challenge 3
07:23
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Instagram Clone Challenge 4
07:06
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Instagram Clone Challenge 5
03:14
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Instagram Clone Challenge 6
05:30
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Instagram Clone Challenge 7
05:16
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Section 16 Introduction
01:37
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MySQL and Other Languages
09:00
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BUT WHAT ABOUT PHP
07:35
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Introduction to JOIN US app
08:01
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5 Minute NodeJS Crash Course
06:13
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Introduction to NPM and Faker
09:12
350
Introducing the MySQL Package
04:54
351
Connecting Node to MySQL
12:47
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Creating Our Users Table
06:55
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Selecting Using Node
06:16
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Inserting Using Node
11:32
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Some MySQL/Node Magic
07:42
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Bulk Inserting 500 Users - Finally!
08:41
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500 Users Exercises
02:31
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500 Users Exercises Solutions
11:56
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Section 17 Introduction
01:53
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Introducing Express
05:41
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NPM Init and package.json files
06:39
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Our First Simple Web App
16:34
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Adding Multiple Routes
09:57
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Connecting Express and MySQL
11:09
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Adding EJS Templates
16:03
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Connecting The Form
18:33
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Styling Part 1
08:25
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Styling Part 2
08:17
369
Introduction to Database Triggers
06:11
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Writing Our First Trigger Part 1
07:28
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Writing Our First Trigger Part 2
11:37
372
Preventing Instagram Self-Follows With Triggers
08:17
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Creating Logger Triggers
10:18
374
Managing Triggers And A Warning
06:13
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