Porto.Data April 20th 2016, Database source control: Migrations vs State

My second presentation at Porto.Data (April 20) was about the two approaches, migrations and state, for database source control. During the presentation I explored the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. For migrations approach I used the tool Flyway and for state approach I used Redgate SQL Source Control. Besides presenting the pros and cons of each approach my goal was also to show that two approaches can be needed in different parts of the system, or at different times

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SQLSaturday Lisbon 2016

SQLSaturday #485 Lisbon 2016, held on February 20, was my third SQLSaturday event and my first as speaker. When  I received the email saying that my session had been accepted in schedule’s event I felt happy and honored.     My session, Road to database automation, was accepted as lightning talk. So I had 10 minutes to address the first stage of the database automation: database source control and it´s benefits. During that time I presented the reasons that lead me to

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Porto.Data December 15th 2015, Road to database automation

Last Tuesday (15 December 2015) I made my first presentation in Porto.Data community. “Road to database automation” was the title and the this session had two main goals: discuss the challenges of database inclusion in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and present a set of strategies and tools to achieve this inclusion. The effort of database inclusion in the “agile context” is designated as Database Lifecycle Management (DLM) and is composed by 3 main parts: database source control, database continuous

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SQLSaturday Porto 2015 experience

My first contact with SQLSaturday event occurred in 2014 on the SQLSaturday#341 Porto 2014 edition as simple and curious attendant. A full day of learning, sharing and meeting people sounds to good to be true especially if it´s free. At the end of the day I was amazed, and asked myself why organize and event like this? The answer is quite simple: sharing. The same principle lead me to join Porto.Data community. It was here that I met Ivan Campos  the

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