Additional build info on the cover page

Author: dimitri-yatsenko

book/README.md

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 # Welcome
 
-Welcome to **The DataJoint Book**. It book provides a complete introduction to database programming for scientific data and computations.
+Welcome to **The DataJoint Book**. It book provides a complete introduction to database programming for scientific data and computations. 
 
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+This is an **executable book**, following the principles of the [Executable Books Project](https://executablebooks.org/en/latest/). It includes a complete development environment, including all dependencies, tools, and extensions already set up. This includes a MySQL database server, [MyST](https://mystmd.org/) for generating the book, Python and Jupyter for programming examples, MySQL client and [`jupysql`](https://ploomber.io/blog/jupysql/) for executing SQL commands, the DataJoint client library, and essential scientific programming libraries.
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 # License
 
 This work is licensed under the [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License](LICENSE.md).