Lab 3: XAMPP and MySQL Setup

 If you choose to download the software from http://www.easyphp.org, use the installation guide provided here to install the EasyPHP.

Lab 3: XAMPP and MySQL Setup

Due Week 5 and worth 75 points

• Install XAMPP and MySQL and take a screen shot that shows the MySQL prompt on your screen. (Note: You must include the screen shot which shows that MySQL is installed on your computer as part of your assignment.) 
• Research the capabilities of MySQL.

Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:

1. Describe your experiences related to your setup of MySQL. Include any difficulties or issues that you had encountered during the installation.
2. Based on your post-installation research, describe the main capabilities of MySQL.
3. Describe the approach that you would take to go from a conceptual or logical model that you created to the implementation of that database structure in MySQL. Determine the additional information that you will need to implement the database design in a database management system.
4. Include the screen shot which shows that MySQL is installed on your computer.