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Why CouchDB?

Topics
NoSQL,
Data Access,
Big Data

Benjamin Young introduces CouchDB, it’s schema-less data store, REST API, HTTP-based replication, plugins such as R-tree and GeoCouch, ways to scale it out and then scaling down with mobile solutions.

News about CouchDB

Interview: Richard Hipp on UnQL, a New Query Language for Document Databases

Topics
NoSQL,
Language,
Data Access,
Architecture

This interview with Richard Hipp, creator of SQLite, unveils the details of UnQL, a new query language for JSON document databases. Hipp mentions UnQLite, an embedded document database he plans to create.

NoSQL, NewSQL and Beyond

Topics
NoSQL,
Architecture,
Database Design

The 451 Group has published earlier this month the conclusions of a report detailing the growing set of options in the information management space. In the process they also clarified what they meant by "NewSQL".

Couchbase Announces Couchbase Server and an Advisory Board

Topics
Data Access,
Architecture,
Big Data

Couchbase, the company recently formed by merging Membase and CouchOne, has announced the availability of Couchbase Server in addition to Membase Server and Mobile Couchbase, along with the Advisory Board Members.

Articles about CouchDB

Omnipresent Synching and Availability with Mobile Couchbase

Topics
NoSQL,
Architecture,
Mobile

Omnipresent synchronisation will be easy with CouchDB not only hosted as server side database but also being embedded in mobile applications. Couchbase made the NOSQL Document Database available for the mobile platforms to enable developers to benefit from the replication and offline capabilities while using the convenient and uniform HTTP based protocol to interact with it locally or remotely.

Presentations about CouchDB

CouchDB and Erlang: Mobile and Flexible

Topics
NoSQL,
Data Access,
Mobile,
Architecture

Damien Katz and Volker Mische introduce CouchDB and explain why it is fit for mobile devices especially due to its replication capability that can handle network connectivity problems.

Availability, the Cloud and Everything

Topics
Operations,
Configuration Management,
Cloud Computing,
Architecture

Joe Williams discusses how distributed systems, cloud computing and automated configuration management affect system’s availability. He exemplifies with a database service built on CouchDB, Erlang, Chef, all running on EC2.

Interviews about CouchDB

Justin Sheehy and Damien Katz on Riak and CouchDB

Topics
NoSQL,
Database Design,
Data Access,
Architecture,
Performance & Scalability,
Ruby

Justin Sheehy and Damien Katz discuss Riak and CouchDB, the strengths and trade-offs of different approaches to NoSQL, and why both databases are written in Erlang.

Erlang Inventors Talk Language Future

Topics
Dynamic Languages,
Language,
Language Design,
Programming,
Architecture

In this interview Joe Armstrong and Robert Virding, co-inventors of the Erlang language, talk about the future of the language, including its use in web programming, its ability to scale and more. The duo also discuss Erlang support for NoSQL databases, running the language on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and comparisons with other languages such as Google’s Go.