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Additional Resources

Many developer resources are available to help you write code and experiment with MySQL and JSON. Google’s Protocol Buffers, the world_x database, MySQL Labs software, JSON datasets, and more are available.

https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/ The MySQL X DevAPI relies on Google’s Protocol Buffers, which are language- and platform-neutral methods you can use to define the storage of data. You can define the ways in which you can pass data, and the Protocol Buffer Compiler builds classes for use within programming languages. You can also make additions to the methods you use for passing data without losing backward-compatibility.

When compiling the X DevAPI code from source code, you will need to download and build the Google Protocol Buffer software. You may also need to build this code when using repackaged connectors. Prebuilt Google Protocol Buffer software may exist for the operating system of your choice. Refer to the web site for more information.

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/index-other.html The world_x database is an evolution of the world database used by MySQL for decades in documentation, classes, and blogs.

https://labs.mysql.com/ From time to time, MySQL Labs offers an early glimpse into possible future software releases. This software is for testing purposes only and is not recommended for production. Treat it as a proof of concept and provide any feedback you can; the experimental code may not make it into production.

https://jsonstudio.com/resources/ You’ll find many great example datasets in JSON to experiment with to help develop proficiency. The ZIP code data and other great sets are available here.

https://stedolan.github.io/jq/ The jq command-line JSON parser can be found here.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mongo/docs-assets/primer-dataset/primer-dataset.json Download the example MongoDB dataset here.