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As with any technology, the challenge to gaining proficiency is not being afraid to venture into the unknown. As Mark Twain noted, “the secret of getting ahead is getting started,” and a strategy to ...

Java programmers use data structures to store and organize data, and we use algorithms to manipulate the data in those structures. The more you understand about data structures and algorithms, and how ...

Sybase Inc.'s goals for PowerDesigner are nothing if not ambitious: a single modeling tool for tracking data definitions everywhere in an organization -- and Sybase doesn't just mean databases when it ...

You’ll also get started with JPA Query Language (JPQL) and use it to execute a few simple database operations on the example application. The complete source code for the example application can be ...

In the fast-paced world of data-driven technologies, MongoDB Inc. has emerged as a powerful and flexible database platform. As organizations seek to unlock the full potential of MongoDB, data modeling ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Data modeling tools play an important role in business, representing how data flows through an organization. It’s important for businesses to understand what the best data modeling tools are across ...