This is a gentle introduction to logical programming language Prolog using web front-end Swish which lets you dive in without needing to install any software. The course starts by comparing Prolog to SQL as a relational database query language. Some knowledge of SQL will help, but only a simple understanding of tables is required.
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Next we cover things Prolog can do but SQL can't, such as deductive databases. The course concludes by briefly introducing how Prolog can be used as a graph database language.
It includes a lot of optional background for those interested in delving deeper. But for those who just want a quick taste of a programing language very different to the mainstream, it can be done in under two hours.
This Guided Project was created by a Coursera community member.
In this Guided Project, you will:
- Learn Prolog's basic syntax using web front-end Swish
- Get a brief introduction to logical programing
- See relational, graph, and deductive databases in Prolog
Learn step-by-step
- Prolog's naming conventions for atoms and variables
- A brief introduction to logic
- Modes, behaviours, and other Prolog documentation conventions
- Deductive databases to solve a Zebra puzzle
- Flow control and cut!
- Introduction to graph databases
