MySQL Database Course for Beginners

This beginner course introduces MySQL architecture, installation, relational database design, normalization, data types, transactions, security, administration, backups, monitoring, indexing, and performance optimization. It also introduces replication and high availability for MySQL databases.

Syllabus

- Simon Sez IT Intro
- Course Outline and Intro to MySQL and Database
- MySQL Architecture and Installation of MySQL
- Installation Demo - Part 1
- Installation Demo - Part 2
- Database Design
- MySQL Workbench Download
- Database Table and Constraints
- Database Designing and Normalization - Part 1
- Database Designing and Normalization - Part 2
- Storage and Data Types
- Data Types Demo
- ACID and Transactions
- Locks, Deadlocks, Isolation Levels and Logging
- Isolation Levels and Locking Demo
- Locking Mechanism Demo and MySQL ACID Support
- Responsibilities of a Database Administrator
- Creating a User and Limiting Access to a Database; Basic Table Maintainance Function
- Protecting your Database; How to Perform Database Backup
- Performance Monitoring
- InnoDB Indexing and Clustered vs. Unclustered Index
- Query and Where Clause
- Impact of Indexing on Database Performance
- Performance Optimization