Summary
In this chapter, we started with an overview of MySQL along with major features of the MySQL database and explored the newly added features in MySQL 8. After this, we took a deep dive into exciting new features of MySQL 8 along with benefits of using MySQL for your business applications. We understood MySQL 8's current limitations and restrictions, which is important for us when performing the implementations. Finally, we glanced through a few impressive use cases from the real world that play prominent roles in our daily routine, and they all use MySQL as their database.
In the next chapter, we will learn detailed steps for installing MySQL 8 on different platforms. The chapter also covers methods to upgrade or downgrade from MySQL ...
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