week 4

DESIGNING A DATABASE

Designs should be based around the intended purpose and user requirements as defined in a brief to solve a problem. Design documentation, including:

Constraints (e.g. hardware and software availability)

When using or creating any database we need to consider the tools that we need. Our first area to look in to is the "Hardware". Hardware is anything that you can physically touch this could be any of the following;

• Desktop/Tower PC or Laptop
• Mouse 
• Keyboard
• Modem/Router

These all play an important role in enabling us to be able to create or use a database, without them, we will struggle.

Next, we must look at the "Software" this is something that we cannot touch and is most often computer programs and code. There are a number of software elements that we require to create or use a database these are;

• Operating Systems (Windows 11, Mac OSX)
• Microsoft office suite
• Microsoft Access
• Web browser

Test plan with test data to test functionality

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