In this chapter, you will learn about database best practices, including database design, indexing, and querying and modifying data. You learned about these topics throughout the previous chapters. This chapter will summarize and give additional tips regarding the best practices. This chapter will also provide a way for the more experienced among you to quickly reference best practices instead of having to go through each chapter.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Best practices for database design 
• Best practices for indexing
• Best practices for querying and modifying data