SQL Developer Roadmap
Stage 1: SQL Foundations (Beginner Level)
• What is SQL & RDBMS
• Basic Queries (SELECT, FROM, WHERE)
• Filtering Data (AND, OR, NOT, LIKE)
• Sorting & Aliasing (ORDER BY, AS)
Stage 2: Intermediate SQL
• Aggregate Functions (COUNT, SUM, AVG, etc.)
• GROUP BY and HAVING
• Multi-Table Queries (Joins)
• Data Manipulation (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE)
• Working with NULLs
Stage 3: Database Design & DDL
• Data Types (INT, VARCHAR, DATE, etc.)
• Creating & Altering Tables (CREATE, ALTER, DROP)
• Constraints (PRIMARY KEY, FOREIGN KEY, NOT NULL, UNIQUE)
• Normalization (1NF, 2NF, 3NF)
• ER Diagrams
Stage 4: Advanced SQL
• Subqueries (Scalar, Correlated, Nested)
• Set Operations (UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT)
• Window Functions (ROW_NUMBER, RANK, etc.)
• Common Table Expressions (CTE)
• Views and Materialized Views
Stage 5: Programming with SQL
• Stored Procedures
• Functions
• Triggers
• Cursors
• Error Handling
Stage 6: Real-World Applications & Projects
• Inventory Management System
• Sales Reporting Tool
• Library or E-commerce Database
• Healthcare Appointment System
Stage 7: Performance Tuning & Transactions
• Transactions (BEGIN, COMMIT, ROLLBACK)
• ACID Properties
• Indexing (CREATE INDEX, UNIQUE INDEX)
• Query Optimization (EXPLAIN, ANALYZE)
• Views vs Materialized Views
Useful Websites to Learn SQL:
■ SQL Fiddle
■ SQL Zoo
■ SQL Bolt
Created by Coco Bhai