The pre-existing Northwind Starter Edition sample database has been around quite a while and has inspired many other sample solutions. Now, as a follow-up, a group of deeply experienced Access MVPs convened to re-invigorate Northwind by creating the Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition. In addition to improving the database design and functionality, they have created detailed step-by-step explanations of its components. The result is an in-depth tool for learning Access database design and development.
You can learn more from each of these available articles:
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Template Tutorial
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Things you should know
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Companies
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Employees
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Orders
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Product Categories
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Products
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Inventory
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Purchase Orders
- Northwind 2.0 Developer Edition: Reports
Helpful tips
- As you read each of the topics, you should study the identified related objects.
- Upon opening the database, you can hold down the Shift key to bypass the startup options.