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Building a database with MySQL

MySQL is the most popular database. It's an open source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). MySQL normally is a central component of the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/ Python/ Perl) stack; many bundles include MySQL:

AMPPS (Max, Linux, and Windows) – https://www.ampps.com
XAMPP (Mac, Linux, and Windows) – https://www.apachefriends.org
WAMP Server (Windows) – http://www.wampserver.com
MAMP (Mac) – https://www.mamp.info

Other developers prefer to install it individually. If you want to do this, you can download MySQL directly from the official website: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/.

In this recipe, I'm going to use MySQL Workbench to execute the SQL queries. You can download it from

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