MySQL Jump Start

(a work in progress)

Docs
http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql_intro.html

GUI Tools
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html (freeware, from the source) 
http://www.quest.com/toad-for-mysql/ (freeware)
http://www.sqlmaestro.com/ (lite and paid versions)

Community
http://forge.mysql.com/