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by nstart 1599 days ago
A quick question about the MIT course this student followed[1]. Am I correct in assuming that the way to follow this course would be to take the lecture notes, the assigned reading material, and simply read it before then moving on to the assignments? Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing some video/other content before I take a look into this stuff.

[1] https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...
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hackthesystem 1599 days ago
I think that is the recommended approach, but I just read the lecture notes and started working on the assignments. I tried to prioritize coding because it helps me retain knowledge better over time
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nstart 1598 days ago
Appreciate you sharing your direct experience. Thank you!
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mathisonturing 1599 days ago
How does this stack up against Intro to Database Systems from CMU?
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hackthesystem 1598 days ago
When I was implementing SimpleDB in 2019, I believe CMU's course didn't have resources and lab assignments that were publicly available. Now CMU has published a full video lecture series (which MIT doesn't have) and their labs. So if I were starting again today, I would probably go with CMU's course.

CMU Intro to Databases Labs: https://15445.courses.cs.cmu.edu/fall2021/assignments.html

CMU Intro to Databases Lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSE8ODhjZXjZaHA6QcxDf...

BusTub - CMU's Version of SimpleDB: https://github.com/cmu-db/bustub

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