Mastering MySQL: Build and Manage Databases Like a Pro

### Course Overview
- **Course Title:** Mastering MySQL: Build and Manage Databases Like a Pro
- **Instructor:** Brighter Futures Hub
- **Target Audience:**
  - Aspiring developers
  - Database administrators
  - Professionals seeking **MySQL database management** skills
  - Beginners with no prior **SQL** or **MySQL** experience
- **Prerequisites:**
  - A basic understanding of **SQL** is helpful but not required

### Curriculum Highlights
- **Key Topics Covered:**
  - **MySQL** overview, use cases, and installation (Windows, macOS, Linux)
  - **MySQL Workbench** and **command-line interface (CLI)** usage
  - **Relational database** concepts: databases, tables, and relationships
  - **SQL commands**: `SELECT`, `INSERT`, `UPDATE`, `DELETE`, `WHERE`, `ORDER BY`, `LIMIT`
  - **Aggregate functions**: `COUNT`, `SUM`, `AVG`, `MIN`, `MAX`
  - **Data grouping**: `GROUP BY`, `HAVING`
  - **Date and time** handling in **MySQL**
  - **Database schema design** from scratch
  - **Primary and foreign keys** for establishing relationships
  - **JOIN operations**: `INNER JOIN`, `LEFT JOIN`, `RIGHT JOIN`, `FULL JOIN`
  - **UNION** and **UNION ALL** clauses
  - **Database and table management**: creation, modification, deletion
  - **Constraints**: `NOT NULL`, `UNIQUE`, `CHECK`, `DEFAULT`
  - **Database backups** and restoration techniques
  - **Triggers and events** for automating tasks
  - **MySQL integration** with **Python**, **PHP**, and **Java**
  - **Data export/import**: **CSV**, **JSON**, **XML**
  - **Stored procedures**, **views**, and **indexes**
  - **Database normalization** and **schema design best practices**
  - **Query optimization** and **performance tuning**

- **Key Skills Learned:**
  - Proficiency in writing **complex SQL queries**
  - Designing and managing **scalable MySQL databases**
  - Implementing **database security** and **backup strategies**
  - Optimizing **database performance**
  - Connecting **MySQL** with **programming languages** (Python, PHP, Java)
  - Automating tasks using **triggers** and **events**
  - Exporting and importing data in multiple formats (**CSV**, **JSON**, **XML**)

### Course Format
- **Duration:** 4.5 hours of on-demand video
- **Format:** Self-paced **online course** with lifetime access
- **Resources:**
  - Access on **mobile and TV**
  - **Certificate of completion**
  - Hands-on exercises and real-world examples