Cross post from:  RIA blog

There are many software packages which contains PHP, MySQL and extra tools where you can run without configuring PHP and MySQL inside apache server. But if you are learning MySQL the only way to get experienced with MySQL is MySQL console where you can work with MySQL commands

If you want to make work easier for creating and managing database via GUI tool. MySQL offers free GUI tool with MySQL Administrator, MySQL migration tool kit and MySQL Query browser.

MySQL Administrator

MySQL administrator allows to monitor server logs, server connections and server information. MySQL administrator tool can be used to backup and restore whole MySQL database. It is used to create new schema where you can create new table, alter edit, drop and maintain tables.

MySQL Migration Tool Kit

MySQL GUI tools contain MySQL migration tool kit where you can convert most famous database sources into MySQL database in minutes.

MySQL Query Browser

MySQL query browser which useful for learners and developers, by just drag and drop tables and database MySQL query browser writes queries automatically and also contains MySQL Syntax with example. MySQL query browser made easy to manipulate MySQL database.

MySQL GUI Tools download available for Windows, Linux distribution and Mac OSX.