Seven databases in seven weeks : a guide to modern databases and the NoSQL movement / Eric Redmond, Jim R. Wilson ; edited by Jacquelyn Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redmond, Eric, author.

Wilson, Jim R., author.

Contributor:

Carter, Jacquelyn, editor.

Series:

Pragmatic programmers.

The Pragmatic Programmers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Databases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Guide to modern databases and the NoSQL movement

Modern databases and the NoSQL movement

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas ; Raleigh, North Carolina : The Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Data is getting bigger and more complex by the day, and so are the choices in handling that data. As a modern application developer you need to understand the emerging field of data management, both RDBMS and NoSQL. Seven Databases in Seven Weeks takes you on a tour of some of the hottest open source databases today. In the tradition of Bruce A. Tate's Seven Languages in Seven Weeks , this book goes beyond your basic tutorial to explore the essential concepts at the core each technology. Redis, Neo4J, CouchDB, MongoDB, HBase, Riak and Postgres. With each database, you'll tackle a real-world data problem that highlights the concepts and features that make it shine. You'll explore the five data models employed by these databases-relational, key/value, columnar, document and graph-and which kinds of problems are best suited to each. You'll learn how MongoDB and CouchDB are strikingly different, and discover the Dynamo heritage at the heart of Riak. Make your applications faster with Redis and more connected with Neo4J. Use MapReduce to solve Big Data problems. Build clusters of servers using scalable services like Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Discover the CAP theorem and its implications for your distributed data. Understand the tradeoffs between consistency and availability, and when you can use them to your advantage. Use multiple databases in concert to create a platform that's more than the sum of its parts, or find one that meets all your needs at once. Seven Databases in Seven Weeks will take you on a deep dive into each of the databases, their strengths and weaknesses, and how to choose the ones that fit your needs. What You Need: To get the most of of this book you'll have to follow along, and that means you'll need a *nix shell (Mac OSX or Linux preferred, Windows users will need Cygwin), and Java 6 (or greater) and Ruby 1.8.7 (or greater). Each chapter will list the downloads required for that database.

Contents:

Introduction

PostgreSQL

Riak

HBase

MongoDB

CouchDB

Neo4J

Redis

Wrapping up

Appendixes. Database overview tables

The CAP theorem.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781941222829

194122282X

9781680504682

1680504681

9781680504699

168050469X

9781934356920

1934356921

OCLC:

897116873