Course title

Accessing data from program code

Lecture type

Obligatory

Course code

23-11-524

Semester

5

ECTS

5

Lecturers and associates

• Bojan Fulanović, Lecturer

Course overview

This module introduces students to different ways of persisting data in SQL and NoSQL data storages from the application code.
This is the central module within the study program and provides students with knowledge and skills for other programming modules that students enroll in in the coming semesters. Acquired skills significantly contribute to the professional development of students in related professional fields.
The module is taught in the programming language C
. The final evaluation is based on individual student projects in which students create applications that use SQL and NoSQL databases in accordance with given specifications.

Content

Students will learn:
• overcome the differences between object-oriented programming languages and relational databases
• persist data in databases and materialize them as needed
• use object-relational mapping (ORM) frameworks to automate persistence and materialization processes
• apply the principle of convention before configuration
• what are the specifics of NoSQL databases and how to use them
• what are the specifics of unstructured data storage and how to use them
• how to use data sources in the Cloud.

Literature

1. Gorman, B.R. (2020) Practical Entity Framework: Database Access for Enterprise Applications. New York City: Apress.
2. Dayley B. (2014) NoSQL with MongoDB in 24 Hours. 1st edn. Carmel: Sams Publishing.

Additional reading

1. Shaikh K.A. (2020) Azure for .NET Core Developers: Implementing Microsoft Azure Solutions Using .NET Core Framework. 1st edn. New Delhi: BPB Publications.