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Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2019

By : Kellyn Gorman, Allan Hirt, Dave Noderer, Mitchell Pearson, James Rowland-Jones, Dustin Ryan, Arun Sirpal, Buck Woody
Book Image

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2019

By: Kellyn Gorman, Allan Hirt, Dave Noderer, Mitchell Pearson, James Rowland-Jones, Dustin Ryan, Arun Sirpal, Buck Woody

Overview of this book

Microsoft SQL Server comes equipped with industry-leading features and the best online transaction processing capabilities. If you are looking to work with data processing and management, getting up to speed with Microsoft Server 2019 is key. Introducing SQL Server 2019 takes you through the latest features in SQL Server 2019 and their importance. You will learn to unlock faster querying speeds and understand how to leverage the new and improved security features to build robust data management solutions. Further chapters will assist you with integrating, managing, and analyzing all data, including relational, NoSQL, and unstructured big data using SQL Server 2019. Dedicated sections in the book will also demonstrate how you can use SQL Server 2019 to leverage data processing platforms, such as Apache Hadoop and Spark, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes to control your data and efficiently monitor it. By the end of this book, you'll be well versed with all the features of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and understand how to use them confidently to build robust data management solutions.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

10. Enhancing the Developer Experience

SQL Server 2019 opens new possibilities for developers while building and expanding on previously introduced features. This chapter will focus on a few of these features. While it's not covered in this chapter, SQL Server 2019 can be run in Docker containers and accommodate modern DevOps workflows. SQL Server 2019 can be used in almost any development environment, using native drivers and ODBC interfaces. The list is long and includes the following:

  • All .NET languages using ADO.Net, ODBC, Entity Framework, and other object-relational mapping systems
  • Java
  • PHP
  • R
  • Python
  • Ruby

There are a number of tools that you can use to develop and manage SQL Server projects. These include Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Studio and, especially for cross-platform development, Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code is a modern, extensible tool that runs on Mac, Linux, and Windows, supporting dozens...