MySQL Database Development Mastery

What you'll learn

Basic Database Design (Tables, Columns, Data Types, Primary Keys, Foreign Keys, Normalization)
How to Use MySQL Workbench
SELECT Statements: Queries against single tables (Filtering, Ordering, Grouping)
DELETE: How to remove data from a database
INSERT INTO: How to insert data into a table
UPDATE: How to update existing data
Overall Database Development Best Practices
Creating Relationships and Foreign Keys

Requirements

A Reliable Computer
A desire to learn database development

Description

This is a zero to hero course on MySQL Database Server and MySQL Workbench. There are no pre-requisites for this course. If you are looking to get acquainted with the concept of Databases and Queries then this is the right course for you.

MySQL is the world’s most popular open source database. With its proven performance, reliability, and ease-of-use, MySQL has become the leading database choice for web-based applications, used by high profile web properties including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

We will explore best practices in database development using MySQL Database Server and will be building a small school management system database.

All you need is a windows machine and we will walk through setting up an environment, to creating a database, creating your first table and writing queries.

At the end of this course, you should be comfortable writing queries for multiple situations and reports.

What you’ll learn

Install MySQL Server

Install MySQL Workbench

Connect to an Instance

Create a database

Reverse Engineer Database into Data Models

Forward Engineer Data Models into Databases

Create Tables

Run Queries against Tables

General use of the MySQL Workbench

Create Relationships

Use Aggregate functions to do quick mathematical operations

Export data to Excel using MySQL Workbench

Practical use of SQL

Are there any course requirements or prerequisites?

A Windows PC (or Windows running on a Virtual Machine if using Linux/Mac)

Who this course is for:

This course is for beginners with absolutely no experience is database.

This course is for you if you are already comfortable with basic database operations.

This course is for you if you feel a bit 'rusty' and need to refresh your knowledge.

This course is for you if you want to understand design principles in database development.

This course is for you if you are looking to learn a new Database Management System

Who this course is for:

Beginner Database Administrators
Database Developers who want to go to the next level
Those who work in organizations where the company typically uses MySQL databases.