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Step-by-step, plenty of screenshots. Create a database with forms, reports, and more.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="card"> <a class="wrapper" href="/sql_server/tutorial/"> <img src="/pix/stock/sql_server_tutorial_500x200_1.png" alt="SQL Server tutorial"> <div class="card-body"> <h2>SQL Server Tutorial</h2> <p>Learn SQL Server, starting with the basics. Create a database, tables, relationship, and more.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="card"> <a class="wrapper" href="/sql/tutorial/"> <img src="/pix/stock/sql_tutorial_500x200_2.png" alt="SQL tutorial"> <div class="card-body"> <h2>SQL Tutorial</h2> <p>SQL is the standard language for querying databases. Learn the basics here.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="card"> <a class="wrapper" href="/mysql/tutorial/"> <img src="/pix/stock/mysql_tutorial_500x200_1.png" alt="MySQL tutorial"> <div class="card-body"> <h2>MySQL Tutorial</h2> <p>Learn how to use the world's most popular open source database management system.</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="card"> <a class="wrapper" href="/neo4j/tutorial/"> <img src="/pix/stock/neo4j_tutorial.gif" alt="Neo4j tutorial"> <div class="card-body"> <h2>Neo4j Tutorial</h2> <p>Neo4j is a graph database management system. 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