Taxonomy of Database Tools
In the MySQL ecosphere there is an ecosystem of tools. Like real-world ecosystems, the “creatures” in the MySQL tools ecosystem can be classified and organized by a taxonomy. There are already multiple taxonomies of software bugs (e.g. A Taxonomy of Bugs), but as far as I know this is the first Taxonomy of Database Tools. A taxonomy of database tools serves useful purposes, as discussed in the previously linked page. For me, the most useful purpose is the high-level ecosystem view which I use to compare MySQL tools to …
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