SQL(Structured Query Language) is a special-purpose language developed to work with relational databases. More specifically it’s used to manage and manipulate data in those databases. While SQL won’t be used to write the next big web application it’s useful in interacting with the database that would power that application. For example, think about Twitter — without the user data, tweets, and follower-following associations that are stored in a database the application wouldn’t exist.

Though SQL has a single purpose, it is very flexible and scalable. It is used by many different database systems and can be used to build small to enterprise-scale applications.

SQL is EVERYWHERE!!

As a full-stack web developer, it is important to understand how to use and navigate databases based on SQL. This series is my attempt at doing that with MySQL. I decided to focus my learning on MySQL because it is one of the leading database management systems, it’s open-source and can be used across platforms(Linux, Windows, MAC).

Before jumping in, it is important to understand some SQL database basics.

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