MySQL is the most popular open- source database system on the market and has been around since 1995. Oracle has owned MySQL since 2010, and MySQL is distributed in two versions: The Community Edition (open source), and the Enterprise Edition, which you must pay for and of course it comes with a series of enhanced features not available in the free version.
It should be mentioned that the Community Edition version (open source) is more popular than the Enterprise version, and can be downloaded from the MySQL website (https://www.mysql.com/). This edition has all the features you need for safe web applications that are reliable and secure. Websites such as Google, Wikipedia, Facebook, YouTube, and so on, are some of the biggest users of MySQL.
I'm curious whether you know what MySQL means.
MySQL is a combination of My (the name of the daughter of co-founder Michael Widenius) and SQL stands for Structured Query Language.
This book is an excellent choice if you want to learn advanced concepts at the performance level. Also, you will learn how to analyze and optimize complex queries with different techniques. You will learn to configure and optimize MySQL servers and then I will teach you how to secure your database, using back-up strategies.
We will also go through all the new features of MySQL 8.0 including the Group Replication and InnoDB cluster. Together, we will look at the best surveillance tools that exist on the market today. Throughout this book, I will share my experiences and techniques to help you better manage MySQL in its everyday management and to have a better understanding of its complex and broad architectures. Finally, I will share some techniques with you, which will allow you to make more efficient MySQL 8.0 databases and which I use with Fortune 500 customers.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Why Oracle decided to go with MySQL 8.0
- Why MySQL 8.0 is the next generation
- Why it is so important to have a good architecture design
- A review of the chapter
