In the third chapter of this episode, we show how to use graph database SurrealDB to prove the statistic that Evan Ferguson is the third youngest player to start a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland Men's Team
The official blog of the Irish Abroad stats site. Appearance and performance information on Irish footballers around the world
Friday, 26 January 2024
Friday, 19 January 2024
Episode 4 - Youngest Competitive Starts - Chapter 2 - MongoDB
In the second chapter of episode four, I again show that Evan Ferguson is the third youngest player to start a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland men's team, this time using document-based database MongoDB
Further reading
MongoDB
MongoDB Certification
Friday, 12 January 2024
Episode 4 - Youngest Competitive Starts - Chapter 1 - NodeJS
In the first of a three-part episode in our programming tutorial series, I use nodeJS to show how to prove that Evan Ferguson's start against France in March 2023 made him the third youngest player to start a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland
Thursday, 23 March 2023
Episode 3 - Average Age and Debuts
In the third in our series of programming tutorials, framed around appearance data for the Republic of Ireland national men's team, I show how to prove that the average age of the starting XI named by Stephen Kenny to face Scotland in September 2022 had the youngest average age of any side in a competitive international since a World Cup qualifier against Cyprus in November 1980, and that, following Mark Sykes' debut against Malta, Kenny has given as many players their debuts in his 30 games in charge as Brian Kerr did in his 33 games managing the national side