Category: Data Modeling
Persist and Abstract Data in a Nativescript Typescript Application
Couchbase is a great tool to persist data inside our app. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a document object storage that allows you to save your data. If you are using NativeScript-Angular, there are already some great tutorials...
Data Modeling NoSQL Documents in MongoDB vs Couchbase Server
When I’m out at events, I get a lot of questions regarding the differences between MongoDB and Couchbase Server as they are both in the NoSQL space and are both document databases. One particular question is related to data modeling....
Sample Application with Spring and Angular: GitTalent
One of the first big projects I was involved in after I started at Couchbase last year was helping to create a sample application that would be demonstrated at Couchbase Connect. Sample application It was an enormous team effort to...
SQL to JSON Data Modeling with Hackolade
SQL to JSON data modeling is something I touched on in the first part of my “Moving from SQL Server to Couchbase” series. Since that blog post, some new tooling has come to my attention from Hackolade, which has recently...
FakeIt Series 4 of 5: Working with Existing Data
FakeIt allows you to provide existing data to your models through JSON, CSV or CSON files. This data is exposed as an inputs variable in each of a models *run and *build functions.
FakeIt Series 3 of 5: Lean Models through Definitions
Definitions are a way of creating reusable set(s) within your model. It allows you to define a set of properties / values one time, referencing them multiple times throughout your model. Definitions in a FakeIt model are very similar to...
FakeIt Series 2 of 5: Shared Data and Dependencies
There are tons of random data generators available, a simple Google Search will give you more than enough to choose from. However, almost all of these have the same frustrating flaw, which is they can only ever deal with a...
FakeIt Series 1 of 5: Generating Fake Data
There are countless blog posts on data modeling, key and document patterns. All of these posts give a great introduction into how to structure and model your documents in Couchbase, but none of them tell you what to do next....
Moving from SQL Server to Couchbase Part 3: App Migration
Moving from SQL Server to Couchbase Part 3: App Migration In this series of blog posts, I’m going to lay out the considerations when moving to a document database when you have a relational background. Specifically, Microsoft SQL Server as...
Data Structures: Native Collections New in Couchbase 4.6
Data Structures in Couchbase 4.6 is our newest time-saving SDK feature. These allow your client applications to easily map your array-based JSON data into language specific structures. Leveraging native collections support in Couchbase will save you time and hassle: Easily map JSON...
Moving from SQL Server to Couchbase Part 2: Data Migration
In this series of blog posts, I’m going to lay out the considerations when moving to a document database when you have a relational background. Specifically, Microsoft SQL Server as compared to Couchbase Server. In three parts, I’m going to...
Moving from SQL Server to Couchbase Part 1: Data Modeling
In this series of blog posts, I’m going to lay out the considerations when moving to a document database when you have a relational background. Specifically, Microsoft SQL Server as compared to Couchbase Server. In three parts, I’m going to...