Data is the most important aspect of a web application. With the evolution of internet and development of high-end web applications, it has become essential to follow the latest development techniques for efficient data management. Every web application requires processing of data and using data handling/storing programs called databases. At present, MySQL is one of the most popular and frequently used databases for development. MySQL has gained popularity for several reasons -- scalability and flexibility are among the primary reasons to use MySQL for web applications. It can manage anything including a website with 10MB data or a complete data warehouse.
MySQL supports different platforms including Unix, Linux and Windows. What’s more, MySQL is developed with a performance-oriented architecture that allows quick processing of large data. It has proper security support including SSH and SSL along with recovery utilities. On top all of these factors, MySQL is an Open Source application and it is supported by Oracle. If you are planning to get started on MySQL, here are some important books for you:
