The latest articles on DEV Community by calvince okoth (@calvince_okoth_16b57a5ea9). https://dev.to/calvince_okoth_16b57a5ea9 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3869408%2F3fd3c890-f4d5-419b-8527-25149f31af83.jpg https://dev.to/calvince_okoth_16b57a5ea9 en calvince okoth Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:40:34 +0000 https://dev.to/calvince_okoth_16b57a5ea9/my-first-week-in-data-engineeringsetting-up-my-tools-219 https://dev.to/calvince_okoth_16b57a5ea9/my-first-week-in-data-engineeringsetting-up-my-tools-219 <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F5o2n8bll15kchq2yjzky.jpeg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F5o2n8bll15kchq2yjzky.jpeg" alt=" " width="800" height="600"></a>This marked the beginning on an exiting journy .I started exploring Data Engineering.<br> My firt focus was tool getting familiar with the required tools.I started setting up and exploring Dev.t,DBEaver,Aiven,git hub and git bash,Visual sudio.<br> One of the most exiting part is that i even successfully uploaded my first project on git hub<br> I also spent sometime learning how o connect DBeaver with databases and how to connecting them Aiven to create smooth workflow.<br> It was challanging at times,especially when doing tool configuration.These problem became an opportunity to learn.</p> <h2> <strong>What I learned This Week</strong> </h2> <ol> <li>How to set up my developement environment</li> <li>How git Bash works with Github</li> <li>How to upload and manage project on Gitub 4.How to use DBeaver for database management</li> </ol> <h2> <strong>Whats Next</strong> </h2> <p><em>My goal is to continue building my skills in databases,datapipelines,Git,cloud technologies, and othe Data Engineering toos.</em></p> beginners dataengineering github learning