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Nic Raboy is an advocate of modern web and mobile development technologies. He has experience in Java, JavaScript, Golang and a variety of frameworks such as Angular, NativeScript, and Apache Cordova. Nic writes about his development experiences related to making web and mobile development easier to understand.

Create a Desktop Chat Application using the CEAN Stack and Electron
Create a Desktop Chat Application using the CEAN Stack and Electron

So you’re interested in creating a desktop chat application like Slack, but aren’t sure where to start. Slack was very open in saying that they used Github’s Electron platform for building the desktop version of their software. This means that...

Storing Base64 Files Directly in Couchbase via Node.js
Storing Base64 Files Directly in Couchbase via Node.js

So you're developing an application and you want to store your files in Couchbase. As of right now, Couchbase allows for documents up to 20MB in size which is larger than you think. Why would we store our files in...

Couchbase is Going to Droidcon San Francisco 2016
Couchbase is Going to Droidcon San Francisco 2016

Next week, March 17 and 18, a few Couchbase Mobile Engineers and myself will be at Droidcon in San Francisco, California. If you’re new to Droidcon, it is an excellent developer focused mobile conference specific to Android. You’ll learn from...

Couchbase Mobile at O’Reilly Fluent Conference 2016
Couchbase Mobile at O’Reilly Fluent Conference 2016

Check out the workshop on the topic of building a mobile application that synchronizes between devices, platforms, and even the web.

Communicating with Couchbase via a Dockerfile Script and Docker
Communicating with Couchbase via a Dockerfile Script and Docker

How to get Docker running on an Ubuntu server and run a project in a container via a script. It can be done in any programming language and Couchbase SDK.

Load Nested Models With Ottoman When A Parent Model Is Found In Node.js
Load Nested Models With Ottoman When A Parent Model Is Found In Node.js

Previously I wrote about easily developing Node.js and Couchbase apps using Ottoman for ODM. That post was just a taste of what Ottoman can do and how you can compare it to the things Mongoose can do with MongoDB. This...

NDP Episode #2: NoSQL and Where It’s Used
NDP Episode #2: NoSQL and Where It’s Used

I am pleased to announce the second NoSQL Database Podcast episode hosted by Couchbase. The episode is titled NoSQL and Where It’s Used and focuses on a particular use case for NoSQL. In the episode I am joined by Brett...

Moving from Oracle to Couchbase
Moving from Oracle to Couchbase

Oracle was the first database I developed with, so I know that thinking about switching to something like NoSQL and leaving behind the relational model can seem like a scary thing. The thing is, it really wasn’t scary when I...

Full Stack Development with the CEA2N Stack Webinars
Full Stack Development with the CEA2N Stack Webinars

The blog focuses on webinar series is a great opportunity to learn about full stack development and the bleeding edge technologies that exist.

Why is Couchbase Mobile a Great Solution for Modern App Development?
Why is Couchbase Mobile a Great Solution for Modern App Development?

There is a lot of chatter circulating the Internet when it comes to mobile application development and data management. Should you use a service, or a software for your mobile apps. Pretty much every decent app today requires fast changing...

NDP Episode #1: NoSQL in the Perspective of Industry Leaders
NDP Episode #1: NoSQL in the Perspective of Industry Leaders

I am pleased to announce the first ever NoSQL Database Podcast episode hosted by Couchbase. The episode is titled NoSQL in the Perspective of Industry Leaders and focuses on a lot of introductory material for NoSQL in general. In the...

Create an AngularJS Web Application that Sync’s with Couchbase using PouchDB
Create an AngularJS Web Application that Sync’s with Couchbase using PouchDB

Not too long ago I created a tutorial demonstrating how to sync between a web application and Couchbase Server using nothing more than client facing technologies like AngularJS, HTML, and CSS.  This was all made possible with the JavaScript library...