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This is a release of MySQL Shell (part of MySQL Server), an interactive
JavaScript, Python and SQL console interface, supporting development and
administration for the MySQL Server.
License information can be found in the LICENSE file.
This distribution may include materials developed by third parties.
For license and attribution notices for these materials, please refer to
the LICENSE file.
For more information on MySQL Shell (part of MySQL Server), visit
  https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/9.0/en/
For additional downloads and the source of MySQL Shell (part of MySQL Server),
visit
  https://dev.mysql.com/downloads
MySQL Shell (part of MySQL Server) is brought to you by the MySQL team at
Oracle.
Additional Information
MySQL Shell (part of MySQL Server) provides built in scriptable APIs
that support the creation and management of MySQL InnoDB clusters,
as well as a modern fluent CRUD API for the MySQL Document Store.
Connections to MySQL server can use X Protocol or classic MySQL protocol.
The AdminAPI enables you to work with MySQL InnoDB Cluster, InnoDB ReplicaSet, and InnoDB ClusterSet providing an integrated solution for high availability and scalability using InnoDB based MySQL databases, without requiring advanced MySQL expertise.
The Document Store X DevAPI enables developers and DBAs to create "schema-less"
JSON document collections and perform Create, Update, Read, Delete (CRUD)
operations on those collections without in depth knowledge of the SQL language.
Additionally, MySQL Shell (part of MySQL Server) provides partial compatibility
with the mysql command line client by supporting many of the same command line
options. As with the mysql command line, MySQL Shell (part of MySQL Server) can
also be used to connect to and send SQL commands to MySQL server using the
classic MySQL protocol.
For more information about how to use MySQL Shell see
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/9.0/en/
For more information about how to configure and work with InnoDB Cluster
see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/9.0/en/mysql-innodb-cluster.html
For more information about how to configure and work with InnoDB ReplicaSet see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/9.0/en/mysql-innodb-replicaset.html
For more information about how to configure and work with InnoDB ClusterSet see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-shell/9.0/en/innodb-clusterset.html
For more information about how to use X DevAPI and the MySQL Document
Store see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/document-store.html
For JavaScript API documentation, see:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/mysqlsh-api-javascript/9.0/
For Python API documentation, see:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/mysqlsh-api-python/9.0/
For full documentation on MySQL Server, MySQL Shell and related
topics, see: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/
If you want to write applications that use the the CRUD based X DevAPI use the
latest MySQL Connectors for your language of choice. For documentation see
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/index-connectors.html