How to rearrange MySQL columns?

Question

I need to move the position of existing columns (for better visibility).

How can this be done without affecting the data?

Answer 1

Based on @VKGS answer:

If your table called language is:

|---------------------|------------------|
|      description    |         name     |
|---------------------|------------------|
|      object ...     |         java     |
|---------------------|------------------|
|      javascript...  |         nodejs   |
|---------------------|------------------|

And you want to make the column name the first column or before description, execute this:

ALTER TABLE language MODIFY description varchar(100) AFTER name;

Don't forget type of the column.