Installing MySQL server

MySQL is a relational database management system which runs as a server. MySQL server has a community edition freely available. In the perspective of this book, MySQL Community Server is picked to reside on the backend of the GWT application because some recipes are database-driven. It is worth mentioning here that the GWT does not require a database in all applications.

Getting ready

Download the MySQL Community Server from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/. For Windows, the installer to be used is mysql-essential-5.1.32-win32.msi.

How to do it...

  1. Execute the installer.
  2. Click on Next.
  3. Select Complete from the setup types.
  4. Click on Install and wait until it finishes work.
  5. Click on Next.
  6. Click on Next again.
  7. Uncheck Configure the MySQL Server now.
  8. Click on Finish to complete the installation.
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