Category: Best Practices and Tutorials

Docker 1.10, Machine 0.6.0, Compose 1.6.0 – better volumes and networking

Docker 1.10, Machine 0.6.0, Compose 1.6.0 – better volumes and networking

Docker 1.10 is now released! Read about all the new features in Docker 1.10. A quick summary: New Compose file format Much better networking Much better security Swarm becomes 1.1, with Mesos integration Read Docker 1.10 release notes. Lets look at some...

Using Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile in the Same Project with Node.js

Using Couchbase Server and Couchbase Mobile in the Same Project with Node.js

Building web applications and mobile applications that share the same data is often thought of as a challenging task. How do you design your web application to fit with your mobile application and visa-versa? What happens when you want to...

Syncing with Couchbase in an Ionic 2 App using PouchDB

Syncing with Couchbase in an Ionic 2 App using PouchDB

Not too long ago I wrote about using Couchbase in an Ionic 2 application. In the previous example we saw how to use Couchbase Lite and the RESTful API for saving data and working with Couchbase Sync Gateway. While that...

Create a URL Shortener using Ottoman ODM with Node.js and Couchbase

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...

Data Synchronization with Couchbase in Ionic 2 Hybrid Mobile Apps

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...

Provisioning a Couchbase Server Instance with the Command Line

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...

Create a RESTful URL Shortener with Couchbase and Go

Create a RESTful URL Shortener with Couchbase and Go

Previously I wrote about creating a URL shortener using Node.js and N1QL, but I figured it would be useful to demonstrate the same in my other favorite programming language, Golang. In this video tutorial we’ll see how to create a...

Connect 2016 Developer Workshop

Connect 2016 Developer Workshop

For the first day of Couchbase Connect 2016, I created a full-day developer’s workshop (with the help of our great SDK team, of course). It was great meeting some of our customers and helping people get up to speed with...

December 6, 2016
Create a URL Shortener with Node.js and Couchbase using N1QL

Create a URL Shortener with Node.js and Couchbase using N1QL

With the boom of Twitter, SMS text messages, and other forms of short message interactions, there has been a boom in URL shortening services. For example, you can use TinyURL, Bitly, Owly, and so many others. The purpose here is...

Storing Password Data Safely with Node.js and Bcrypt

Storing Password Data Safely with Node.js and Bcrypt

When developing a web application there is often a need to store password data in your database.  For example, what if you have users and you don’t want to use OpenID or similar for account management? When storing password data,...

Getting Started with Java and Couchbase

Getting Started with Java and Couchbase

In this quickstart video tutorial you’ll learn how to setup and start building a Java application that communicates with Couchbase Server to save NoSQL JSON data as well as query for it numerous ways. For more information on how to...

NDP Episode #12: Firebase Instead of SQLite in Mobile Applications

NDP Episode #12: Firebase Instead of SQLite in Mobile Applications

I am pleased to announce the twelfth episode of The NoSQL Database Podcast is now available on all the popular podcasting outlets such as, but not limited to, TuneIn, iTunes, Pocket Casts, and Stitcher.  In this episode titled, Firebase Instead of...