Month: December 2016
AWS IoT Button, Lambda and Couchbase
Getting Started with Serverless FaaS and AWS Lambda shows how to use a simple Java function to store a JSON document to Couchbase using AWS Lambda. This blog builds upon that and shows how an AWS IoT Button can be used as a trigger for...
Couchbase on the Pete on Software Podcast
I was invited back on the Pete on Software Podcast to talk about Couchbase. Pete is a an independent software developer/architect, and he also runs The Swift Ninja blog. Pete and I run into eachother occasionally here in Ohio, and...
Simplify Your Life with Couchbase Mobile
Photo courtesy of Wesley Fryer with permission under license CC BY-SA 2.0 tl;dr Couchbase Mobile is easy to use, works completely standalone, yet provides enterprise-class scaling when you need it. You should try it. In the beginning This will...
Using cbimport to import Wikibase data to JSON documents
I’m busy working on some SQL Server to Couchbase Server blog posts, but in the meantime, I’d thought I’d leave you a little chestnut of JSON goodness for the Christmas weekend. Wikibase has a huge database of information. All kinds...
Installing Sync Gateway on Alternate Linux Distributions
Introduction Couchbase’s Sync Gateway supports several platforms, including Linux. Unfortunately, there are a huge number of Linux distributions. It simply isn’t feasible to create and test installations for all of them. As of this writing, Couchbase distributes two packages for...
NDP Episode #13: Docker with Distributed NoSQL Databases
I am pleased to announce that the thirteenth episode of the NoSQL Database Podcast has been published to popular media outlets such as iTunes and Pocket Casts. The episode titled Docker with Distributed NoSQL Databases focuses on container technology and how it...
Create a URL Shortener using Ottoman ODM with Node.js and Couchbase
Not too long ago I wrote about creating a URL shortener with Node.js and Couchbase N1QL. If you haven’t already seen it, the article is a great introduction to Couchbase and creating RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express Framework. The...
Using XRebel with Couchbase
I recently was in Tallinn for a conference called TopConf and a local Docker meetup. And you might think that this doesn’t have much to do with the title of this post but actually it does. Tallinn is also where...
Data Synchronization with Couchbase in Ionic 2 Hybrid Mobile Apps
Last year I wrote about using Couchbase Mobile in an Ionic Framework mobile application. Back then we were using Ionic Framework 1.0 and AngularJS 1.0. Technology has changed over the months and we’ve moved from what seems like ancient frameworks...
.NET Core and Visual Studio Code (video)
This video shows how I’m using .NET Core with Visual Studio Code and the Couchbase .NET Core SDK. Download .NET Core Download Visual Studio Code If you’d like to learn more about how to use Couchbase, please visit our Couchbase...
Introduction to Couchbase Mobile (Video)
Last week we hosted the first gathering of the Bay Area Android Meetup group to take place on the Peninsula in a while. We had two great speakers, Martin Bonnin and Tony Constantinides. Martin talked about the history of video...
Provisioning a Couchbase Server Instance with the Command Line
When you’re a Database or System Administrator, you don’t always have time to go through the setup wizards when deploying a new piece of software. Probably because you are managing massive amounts of systems in a large organization. So what...