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Database design for Google Calendar: pt. 7

Previously in the series This is the final post in the “Modeling Google Calendar” series. Previously: https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-1 for introduction, problem description and the first part, “Basic all-day events”; https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-2 “Time-based events”, and some discussion of timezones; https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-3 “Repeated all-day...

20 days ago • 6 min read

Previously in the series This is the fifth post in the “Modeling Google Calendar” series. Previously: https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-1 for introduction, problem description and the first part, “Basic all-day events”; https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-2 “Time-based events”, and some discussion of timezones; https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-3 “Repeated all-day...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

Introduction This is the fourth post in the “Modeling Google Calendar” series. Previously: https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-1 for introduction, problem description and the first part, “Basic all-day events”; https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-2 “Time-based events”, and some discussion of timezones; https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-3 Repeated all-day events; This...

3 months ago • 5 min read

Introduction This is the third post in the “Modeling Google Calendar” series. Previously: https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-1 for introduction, problem description and the first part, “Basic all-day events”; https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-2 “Time-based events”, and some discussion of timezones; This series illustrates the database design approach explained in the book called “Database Design using Minimal...

4 months ago • 4 min read

Introduction This is the second post in the “Modeling Google Calendar” series. See the first post here: https://databasedesignbook.com/posts/database-design-for-google-calendar-pt-1 for introduction, problem description and the first part, “Basic all-day events”. This series illustrates the database design approach explained in the book called “Database Design using Minimal Modeling”, scheduled to be released in Spring 2024. Here is the website of the book: https://databasedesignbook.com/....

5 months ago • 4 min read

Hello and welcome to the first post in the newsletter for the book "Database Design using Minimal Modeling". Introduction In this series of posts I’m going to show how you can build a database model for a real-world project, using a systematic approach. We’ll be designing tables for a Google Calendar clone. We will model as much as possible of the functionality that is directly related to the calendar. This series illustrates an approach explained in the book called “Database Design using...

5 months ago • 6 min read
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