SQL Fundamentals: Joins, Indexes, Query Plans, and Safe Updates

A practical two-hour session on SQL Fundamentals, focused on Joins, Indexes, Query Plans, and Safe Updates. Attendees work through concrete engineering tradeoffs, review examples, and leave with a checklist they can apply in real team projects.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of SQL Fundamentals
• Apply Joins in a small working example
• Apply Indexes in a small working example
• Apply Query Plans in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.