Learn to build PostgreSQL search engines using JSON and natural language processing (NLP), and level up your programming career. Create strong indexes and PostgreSQL search engines with ease.
If you have a background in basic Python programming language structures, this four-week course on JSON and NLP in PostgreSQL is for you.
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Presented by the University of Michigan as part of their series on PostgreSQL and Python, the material will explain how full-text inverted indexes are structured and how PostgreSQL creates and uses these indexes for JSON and natural language content.
By the end, you’ll be able to build and support your own PostgreSQL database management system.
Explore JSON, Python, and PostgreSQL principles
The course starts with a comparison of Python programming language, PostgreSQL, and JSON. You’ll see how they relate to each other, and how they are all important in successful NLP.
You’ll also learn how to index and retrieve natural language text and JSON data, and how to access API data and store it in a database.
Use PostgreSQL to build your own index
After gaining a solid theoretical foundation in how NLP works, you’ll have the chance to apply the principles that you’ve learnt.
Using various data sources including an online API, you’ll create a GIN-based text reverse index and ts_vector index, build a search engine in PostgreSQL, and then use built-in PostgreSQL capabilities to support your indexes.
Learn programming from a world-renowned institution
The University of Michigan has a record of more than two centuries of academic excellence, and will support you on every step of this well-designed course.
The engaging and practical training material equips you to create different indexes, build search engines, and take your programming career to the next level.
Syllabus
Week 1: Natural Language
Week 2: Inverted Indexes with PostgreSQL
Week 3: Python and PostgreSQL
Week 4: JSON and PostgreSQL
Learning on this course
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Compare Python, PostgreSQL, and JSON
- Classify and retrieve natural language text and JSON data, and access API data and store it in a database
- Create a GIN-based text[] reverse index and ts_vector index, and build a search engine in PostgreSQL
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for programmers with a background in basic Python, who would like to develop their PostgreSQL skills.
