MySQL Complete Master Roadmap
From Zero to Industry-Level Mastery
Phase 1: Database Foundations
• What is Database, DBMS, RDBMS
• MySQL overview and use cases
• Client-server architecture
• Installation of MySQL Server & Workbench
Phase 2: SQL Basics
• Data types (INT, VARCHAR, DATE, etc.)
• CREATE, DROP, ALTER TABLE
• Primary key, Foreign key, Constraints
Phase 3: Data Manipulation (CRUD)
• INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE
• WHERE, ORDER BY, LIMIT, DISTINCT
• LIKE, BETWEEN, IN
Phase 4: Joins & Relationships
• One-to-One, One-to-Many, Many-to-Many
• INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, SELF JOIN
Phase 5: Advanced SQL
• Subqueries and nested queries
• Views and materialized views
• Indexes and performance tuning
Phase 6: Security & User Management
• CREATE USER, GRANT, REVOKE
• Roles and privileges
Phase 7: Stored Programming
• Stored procedures
• Functions
• Triggers
Phase 8: Transactions & Reliability
• ACID properties
• COMMIT, ROLLBACK, SAVEPOINT
Phase 9: Backup & Maintenance
• mysqldump
• Restore database
• Logs and monitoring
Phase 10: Real-World MySQL
• MySQL with PHP, Python, [Link]
• SQL Injection & prepared statements
• Real-world projects