Member-only story
How To Setup MySQL On Your Mac
Install and host MySQL on macOS
Happy New Year to anyone that reads this post, this is the first real post of the new year so far, so I thought I would do a tutorial on how to setup a MySQL server locally on your machine to host and build your own databases for your Python applications.
so first a little history…
MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that was first created in 1995 by a Swedish company called MySQL AB. The original creators, Michael Widenius and David Axmark, developed MySQL as a tool for managing and querying large databases for internal use at their company. In 2008, MySQL was acquired by Sun Microsystems, which was in turn acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2010.
MySQL is built on a client-server architecture and is known for its reliability, ease of use, and performance. It is often used in conjunction with PHP, a server-side scripting language, to power dynamic web sites and applications. MySQL supports a wide variety of data types and can handle large amounts of data with ease. It is also highly configurable, allowing for optimization for specific workloads and use cases.
MySQL has been widely adopted by a variety of organizations, from small businesses to large enterprise companies, and is a popular choice…
