Database and Server Side Programming Course at the Games Academy Frankfurt July 2015

Day 1: Traditional SQL Programming

• MsSQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Creation of SQL Database, Tables, Views and Logins
• Using SQL Management Studio

Day 2: NoSQL Programming

• NoSQL simplifies everything
• MongoDB as an example

An example game (Pong with PongServer from the https://github.com/BenjaminNitschke/NetworkingCourse ) is used and player accounts, high-scores and statistics support for each game session is added.

This data is saved on the server-side and used for analysis and presenting the data (e.g. high-scores) in game and on a website for the game.