Yugabyte University has released a new self-paced course, YugabyteDB YCQL Development, designed to help developers learn about distributed SQL database development using Yugabyte Cloud Query Language (YCQL). The three-hour course covers the fundamentals of YCQL data definition language and data manipulation language, as well as exploring the internals of YugabyteDB. It aims to demystify key concepts like partition keys, clustering keys, and tablets, and provides a practical methodology for modeling semi-relational data through query-driven data modeling. The course includes hands-on lab exercises using Gitpod, VS Code Browser, and Jupyter notebooks, offering a frictionless learning experience with no-cost access to the necessary tools and services.