Exploring databases with Datasette and SQL

This month we'll be learning how to explore and publish databases using Datasette and SQL.

Datasette is a tool that makes it easy to work with databases on the web. Databases can be helpful in projects where the data is more complex than can be held in a a simple spreadsheet. SQL is a language for communicating with databases -- for asking them questions, but also for manipulating the data they hold. We'll cover how Datasette works and what it's capable of, as well as the basics of using SQL to query it.

All of our events are suitable for beginners, and no programming experience is required. Bring a laptop along as this a practical, hands-on workshop.

Before the event, check out the shared doc we'll be using, and sign up for a Dropbox account if you don't already have one so you can edit it. Then please add links to the show and tell section! These can be great data stories you've seen, new tools, jobs you’re hiring for, announcements -- anything others might be interested in. We'll check out what everyone has shared at the start of the event.

Schedule
7:00 🚪 Doors open
7:30 🗣 Show and tell
7:40 💻 Tutorial
9:00 🍺 Drinks at the Well & Bucket

Please note that in a change of plans we will be at Newspeak House this month. Newspeak are now accepting applications for their 2023-24 residency -- if you're interested in spending a year exploring how technology affects civic, political, and public sector communities in the UK then you can apply here.