Category: Best Practices and Tutorials

Data Modeling for Couchbase with erwin DM NoSQL

Data Modeling for Couchbase with erwin DM NoSQL

Given the architecture and design of NoSQL systems, especially the document family databases like Couchbase that do not enforce schema on write, data modeling for NoSQL can often be challenging when migrating from relational systems to NoSQL or when building...

Data Relationships – GraphQL & NoSQL in a Golang Application

Data Relationships – GraphQL & NoSQL in a Golang Application

By now I’m hoping that you’ve had a chance to look at my previous tutorial titled, Using GraphQL with Golang and a NoSQL Database, which is more or less a quick start for using GraphQL with Couchbase. There, we saw how...

A Guide to N1QL features in Couchbase 5.5: Special Edition

A Guide to N1QL features in Couchbase 5.5: Special Edition

N1QL was first released with Couchbase 4.0 in the fall of 2015.  After two and a half years, it’s great to release Couchbase 5.5 and this N1QL 5.5 feature booklet with it at the New York Couchbase Connect. This special...

May 10, 2018
Tutorial: Using the Query API With Couchbase Lite, iOS

Tutorial: Using the Query API With Couchbase Lite, iOS

Couchbase Lite 2.0 is a powerful NoSQL embedded data store for iOS, Android and .Net Mobile Platforms. In an earlier tutorial, we explored the basics of Database and Document CRUD operations using Couchbase Lite within your iOS Swift app. In...

Using GraphQL with Golang and a NoSQL Database

Using GraphQL with Golang and a NoSQL Database

A few weeks ago I had mentioned that I was learning about the increasingly popular GraphQL and how it can be a replacement to the common RESTful API. In my previous example, we saw how to create a GraphQL application...

Certification of the Couchbase Autonomous Operator

Certification of the Couchbase Autonomous Operator

The Couchbase Autonomous Operator enables you to run Couchbase deployments natively on Open Source Kubernetes or Enterprise Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. I’m excited to announce the availability of the Couchbase Autonomous Operator 0.8 Beta Refresh today! Running and managing...

May 8, 2018
The Couchbase Data Platform in Action: Couchbase Connect 2017 SV Demo Technical Overview

The Couchbase Data Platform in Action: Couchbase Connect 2017 SV Demo Technical Overview

Last Fall we showed a 30 minute live demo of a full stack application written using a broad range of the Couchbase Data Platform capabilities. This was at the Couchbase Connect Silicon Valley 2017 conference.   In this introductory post,...

Xcode Playground for Exploring Query API in Couchbase Lite 2.0

Xcode Playground for Exploring Query API in Couchbase Lite 2.0

This post is a step-by-step guide for using an Xcode Playground for exploring the new querying API in Couchbase Mobile 2.0. The Couchbase Lite 2.0 Release introduces a simplified query API based on N1QL, Couchbase’s declarative query language that extends...

The Couchbase Data Platform in Action: The Couchbase Connect 2017 Silicon Valley Technical Demo

The Couchbase Data Platform in Action: The Couchbase Connect 2017 Silicon Valley Technical Demo

A Full Stack Application Built Using the Couchbase Data Platform This past year, at the annual Couchbase Connect conference in Silicon Valley, we were proud to present a technical demonstration showing much of the breadth of the Couchbase Data Platform...

Divide and Conquer: Couchbase GSI Index partitioning.

Divide and Conquer: Couchbase GSI Index partitioning.

In Couchbase, data is always partitioned using the consistent hash value of the document key into vbukets which are stored on the data nodes.  Couchbase Global Secondary Index (GSI) abstracts the indexing operations and runs as a distinct service within...

April 11, 2018