MySQL development best practices for schema design, query optimization, and database administration.

• Covers schema design with InnoDB as default engine, appropriate data types (DECIMAL for financial data, utf8mb4 charset), and primary key strategies including AUTO_INCREMENT and UUID storage
• Indexing strategies including B-tree, FULLTEXT, and covering indexes with guidelines on column selectivity and composite index ordering
• Query optimization using EXPLAIN analysis, prepared statements, keyset pagination, and avoiding common pitfalls like functions on indexed columns and implicit type conversions
• Transaction management, JSON support with generated columns, replication monitoring, and security practices including user privilege management and SSL/TLS requirements
• Maintenance tasks covering table analysis, optimization, integrity checks, and monitoring queries for slow performance and InnoDB status