MySQL Learning Roadmap
■ Beginner Level
• Introduction to MySQL & RDBMS
• Installation & Setup (Windows/Linux)
• Securing MySQL (root password, mysql_secure_installation)
• Connecting to MySQL (CLI, mysqladmin)
• Basic SQL Queries (CRUD: Create, Read, Update, Delete)
• Creating & Dropping Databases
• Creating & Dropping Tables
• Data Types: INT, VARCHAR, DATE, FLOAT, DOUBLE, DECIMAL
• Constraints: NOT NULL, DEFAULT, PRIMARY KEY, UNIQUE, AUTO_INCREMENT
• Aliases & Comments
• Basic Operators (Arithmetic, Comparison, Logical)
• Filtering Data: WHERE, AND, OR, NOT
• Sorting & Limiting Results (ORDER BY, LIMIT, DISTINCT)
• Pattern Matching: LIKE, IN, BETWEEN
■ Intermediate Level
• Aggregate Functions: COUNT, SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX
• Grouping Data: GROUP BY, HAVING
• Joins: INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, CROSS JOIN, SELF JOIN
• Relationships (1:1, 1:N, M:N) with Foreign Keys
• CASCADE ON DELETE (Referential Integrity)
• String Functions: CONCAT, SUBSTRING, REPLACE, REVERSE, UPPER, LOWER,
TRIM
• Date/Time Functions: CURDATE, CURTIME, NOW, DATE_FORMAT, DATEDIFF,
DATE_ADD, DATE_SUB, TIMEDIFF
• ALTER TABLE (Add/Drop/Modify Columns, Rename Table/Columns, Add/Drop
Constraints)
• UNION & UNION ALL
• CASE Expressions (Conditional Logic)
• NULL Handling: IFNULL, ISNULL, COALESCE, NULLIF
• EXISTS, ANY, ALL (Subquery Operators)
• Indexes: CREATE INDEX, DROP INDEX, EXPLAIN Queries
■ Advanced Level
• Stored Routines: Stored Procedures & User-Defined Functions
• Window Functions: ROW_NUMBER, RANK, DENSE_RANK, LAG, LEAD
• GROUP BY ROLLUP (Advanced Aggregation)
• Triggers (Before/After Insert, Update, Delete)
• Transactions: START TRANSACTION, COMMIT, ROLLBACK, SAVEPOINT
• Events & Scheduling Jobs
• Views (Creating & Managing Virtual Tables)
• User Management & Privileges: CREATE USER, GRANT, REVOKE
• JSON Data Type & Functions: JSON_EXTRACT, JSON_OBJECT
• Partitioning & Sharding for Large Databases
• Backup & Restore Strategies (mysqldump, MySQL Shell)
• Replication & High Availability Basics
• Performance Tuning & Query Optimization