Mastering dbt (Data Build Tool) - From Beginner to Pro

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Hands-on Analytics Engineering Bootcamp Including Theory, Building a dbt Project from Ccratch, & Deploying to dbt Cloud

What you’ll learn
How to build a complete dbt project from scratch
The main benefits of dbt, and a bit of background as to how it came about
All of the dbt fundamentals: sources, models, tests, documentation, snapshots, seeds, macros, hooks, and operations
How to structure a dbt project: staging, intermediate, and mart models – and naming conventions
How to version control changes to your code with GitHub and VSCode
Advanced dbt testing – creating your own custom singular & generic tests, setting severity, and setting warn/error thresholds
Advanced dbt data modelling – including incremental and ephemeral models and what type to use (& when)
Advanced dbt commands – how to use different selectors, different profiles, tags, indirect test selection and building a local dbt documents site
Advanced dbt jinja & macros – creating your own macros to use in hooks / functions / operations, using jinja for loops and variables, and the target function
How to deploy your project on dbt Cloud, how to use the dbt Cloud UI, and using environment variables
How to use tests & macros from external packages to supercharge your dbt project
Best practises to use when running a dbt project (based on lots of experience!)
How to create a complete setup for Mac or Windows: installing all of the tools and getting a dbt specific VSCode setup!

A complete course to help anyone with basic SQL skills learn advanced dbt, a key tool for Analytics Engineering!

Welcome to the 2023 Mastering dbt (data build tool) course! This course runs through everything from the theory behind dbt to building an advanced dbt project (from scratch) and deploying it on dbt Cloud.

I have over 7 years of experience across Analytics / Analytics Engineering / Data Science, including 4 years using dbt on a daily basis. I was also involved in the rollout of dbt in my time at Monzo Bank!

In this course I’ve taken everything I’ve learnt over the past 4 years, and what I use on a daily basis, and condensed it to take anyone who knows SQL to an advanced level of dbt as quickly as possible.

COURSE UPDATES:

April 2023: More content added for setup using PowerShell (Windows)

May 2023: New content – dbt version 1.5 (released April 2023)!

MY APPROACH TO THIS COURSE:

We’ll cover everything you need to know about dbt: from the basic data modelling right through to all of the advanced features such as creating custom tests and macros. We’ll be doing this step by step, and build from the basics upwards.

It’s focused on practical outcomes – we won’t be spending ages on database theory, or going into lots of detail on the eCommerce dataset we’ll be using, instead we’ll be aiming to get you up to advanced dbt levels as quickly as possible.

For every video where we’re writing code, I’ve created lesson attachments with the final outputs. This means you can either code as you go along, or watch the videos and look at the handouts afterwards! I’ve also included some theory with these handouts to help hammer home the points made in the videos.

There’s also a public GitHub repository (which you’ll be using for this course) that contains a model final project you can reference throughout.

This course isn’t static! I’d love to hear your feedback and will be updating this course on an ongoing basis.

COURSE STRUCTURE:

This course focuses on first getting a good understanding of what problems dbt solves, then building a basic dbt project, before layering on more advanced concepts and finally deploying our project with dbt Cloud.

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