Category: Application Design

Tutorial on Using Couchbase Lite for data storage in React Native Apps
Couchbase Lite is an embedded NoSQL database for iOS, Android and .Net platforms. The framework’s API supports native platform bindings for Android (Java), iOS (Swift, ObjC) and UWP/Xamarin (csharp). This implies that if you are building a React Native app...

Using YCSB to Benchmark JSON Databases
Bruce Lindsay once said, “There are three things important in the database world: Performance, Performance, and Performance”. Most enterprise architects know, as we progress in database features and architectures, it’s important to measure performance in an open way so they can compare...

The Couchbase Data Platform in Action: Analytics
Contents What is CBAS and how does it compare to “standard” Couchbase? Example Data and Configuration Code and Queries Web Client Web Server and Queries Querying with SQL++ Query Optimization Query Results and REST Response Conclusion Postscript With the release...

Create a GraphQL-Powered API with PHP and NoSQL
If you’ve been keeping up, you’ll know that I’ve been writing a sort-of mega series around developing with GraphQL and Couchbase. In past tutorials we’ve explored how to use GraphQL with Java, how to use GraphQL with Node.js, and how...

Typeahead: Develop with Couchbase Full-Text Search & Node.js
Over the past year or so I’ve written a variety of tutorials around the full-text search (FTS) service of Couchbase, most of which are specific examples of how to do something with one of the SDKs and never really anything...

Processing GraphQL Queries with Java, Spring Boot, and NoSQL
Over the span of the past few months I’ve been learning about GraphQL and how to use it as an alternative to RESTful API development. The focus thus far had been around GraphQL and Golang as well as GraphQL and...

Using JWT for Authorization With GraphQL, Go, and Couchbase
Over the past few months I’ve been writing a GraphQL series using the Go programming language. First we saw how to get started with GraphQL and Go, followed by an alternative way to handle data relationships by using resolvers on...

How to Join JSON: Couchbase N1QL vs. MongoDB Query
As NoSQL databases evolved, each added higher level APIs or languages to help programmers to complex things easily. SQL, having done that for relational data, showed the way. In SQL, developers say WHAT needs to be done and the database...

JWT Authentication with GraphQL, Node.js & Couchbase NoSQL
A few months ago when I had first started learning about GraphQL, I had written a previous tutorial for using it with Couchbase and Node.js. The tutorial focused on the basics which included creating GraphQL objects and querying those objects...

The Couchbase Data Platform in Action: Eventing/Functions
This post will dive into the use of the Couchbase Eventing Service in the Couchbase Silicon Valley 2017 technical keynote demonstration application. If you aren’t already familiar with the demo or Couchbase Eventing Service, take a look at the resources...

The Couchbase Data Platform in Action: Step-by-Step Setup
Note: This post uses the the Couchbase Analytics Data Definition Language as of the version 5.5 preview release. For updates and information on breaking changes in newer versions, please refer to Changes to the Couchbase Analytics Service. The application built for...

Couchbase with Kotlin, Spring Boot and Spring Data
Last year I started learning Kotlin and I was surprised at how easy it was to convert a Java application. IntelliJ and a few other IDEs offer nice tools for automatic conversion, and with a few adjustments you can end...