latest and greatest on MySQL

Hello Author, Congrationaltion on this new edition.I have been a fan of Murach's book. I have read several books that came out over the years
of late I couldn't read many, my question to you is

MySQL has evolved significantly over the years. How does your book address the latest features and updates in MySQL,
and how do you ensure its relevance to both beginners and experienced users?

Thanks
Sundar

Hi Sundar - Thanks for your support over the years. I appreciate it.

Whenever we update a book, we start by evaluating the new features and determining which ones we should present. With MySQL, most of the latest features are advanced features that go beyond the scope of our book, which is designed to teach how to use SQL with a relational database. However, there are times when a new feature or technique becomes important enough that we have to include it.  Sometimes, it's a feature that's so useful that we have to integrate it throughout the book. Other times, it's a feature that we can cover by adding a few pages or sometimes even an entire chapter. In this edition of our MySQL book, there weren't too many changes, except that we decided it was time to add a chapter on how to host a MySQL database in the AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud.