Couchbase Blog
So whats the story about libcouchbase and Windows?
A couple of days ago I showed you an example program using libcouchbase to create a small application to put data into a Couchbase cluster, but the code wouldn't compile on Windows. That does by no means imply that libcouchbase doesn't work on Windows, its more that I was in a hurry writing the blog post so I didn't have the time fixing everything up in time for the blog post.
Membase Server is Now Couchbase Server
This is my first blog posting at Couchbase – and one I’m very happy to be writing! Today we shipped Couchbase Server 1.8, culminating a tremendous amount of work since I joined Couchbase three months ago. Before getting in to the details about the release, I want to say hello to the Couchbase community. I’m excited to be at Couchbase.
Client Libraries for Couchbase Server
Couchbase Server is simple to develop for by it's very nature. Modeling your data, as many of my colleagues often say, is simply a matter of organizing it like the natural world around you. I know that seems like a blindingly straightforward idea, but many a software developer has had to deal with the impedance mismatch when building the software between the users and their data.
Introducing the Couchbase PHP Library 1.0
A New World
We are releasing Couchbase Server 1.8 today and with it a complete rewrite of our PHP SDK. This is all good news: We beefed up the internals significantly while keeping the API compatible with previous releases. Yay!
Introducing the Couchbase .NET Client Library 1.0
What's in a Name?
With the release of Couchbase Server 1.8, both the server and client libraries are getting a number of bug fixes. But the change that will mean the most to long time users is the new name. Membase Server is now Couchbase Server and the Membase .NET Client Library is now the Couchbase .NET Client Library. This refactoring isn't like renaming your AccountManager class to AccountService, it goes beyond that.
Hello World with Couchbase and Ruby
For those of you who might have seen my other blog, my goal is to convey the fact that using Couchbase with any of the language client libraries is very straightforward. The client libraries handle the complexity of the connection and the inherent distributed nature of the cluster. Here's the Hello World code in Ruby.
Hello World with Couchbase and Java
My favorite technical book of all time has been the C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie affectionately referred to as K&R. They popularized a term that will ever be in a developer parlance - Hello World.
Rolling Upgrades with Couchbase
One of the unique capabilities of Couchbase is the ability to do online upgrades without downtime. This is in part due to our auto-sharding and rebalancing features. In this blog I will walk through the process of doing a rolling upgrade to two nodes without taking the application off line.
So, how do I use this libcouchbase?
Some of you may have noticed that we released Couchbase 1.8 earlier today, and a new set of smart clients for various languages. For me personally this is a milestone, because libcouchbase is now a supported client for the C language.
Reinforcing Couchbase’s Commitment to Open Source and CouchDB
There has been a lot of reaction to Damien Katz’s “The Future of CouchDB” blog post including some questions raised about Couchbase’s direction. I will leave it to Damien to address the questions about his personal views and motivations but I want to address some of the questions directed at Couchbase.
