Category: Couchbase Mobile

Cloud to Edge AI with a Mobile Database Platform

Cloud to Edge AI with a Mobile Database Platform

Edge computing is a technical architecture that extends data processing from the cloud to the edge, moving it closer to the point of interaction, including onto mobile devices. From the database perspective, a typical architecture includes a database in the cloud,...

Offline-first: a mindset for developing faster, more reliable mobile apps

Offline-first: a mindset for developing faster, more reliable mobile apps

What does offline-first mean? The term “offline-first” describes an app that is built to perform most, or all, of its core functionality without access to the Internet. The concept is simple enough, but all too often this is not how...

Don’t REST – Use a Mobile Database for Apps: Couchbase Webcast Recap

Don’t REST – Use a Mobile Database for Apps: Couchbase Webcast Recap

I was recently honored to co-present on a webcast with my colleague and good friend, Aaron LaBeau, Sr. Developer Advocate at Couchbase. Aaron has nearly 30 years of development experience and specializes in building mobile apps, and so seemed the...

Mobile Developers: Is REST Keeping You Up At Night?

Mobile Developers: Is REST Keeping You Up At Night?

REpresentational State Transfer, commonly known as “REST”, describes a standard for programmatic communication with backend data services over the web. A REST API is a programming interface that uses HTTP requests to POST (create), GET (read), PUT (update), and DELETE...

So, you want to build a data sync solution….

So, you want to build a data sync solution….

Mobile apps depend on data to operate, and as a developer, how you decide to handle that data can have huge implications on app performance. To provide the best possible experience, you must ensure fast and ready access to data...

Scopes and Collections Support in Couchbase Mobile for Edge Applications

Scopes and Collections Support in Couchbase Mobile for Edge Applications

We’re pleased to announce the general availability of Couchbase Mobile 3.1, which includes Couchbase Lite and Sync Gateway for mobile and edge computing solutions. This is a significant release that introduces cloud-to-edge support for scopes and collections in Couchbase Mobile...

Data Replication and Synchronization in Couchbase

Data Replication and Synchronization in Couchbase

Data replication and synchronization may seem redundant at first glance. They both refer to copying data from one persistent repository to another for consistency in a distributed architecture. But for Couchbase, each term has a different meaning and each is...

Data Sync between Capella App Services and Self Managed Couchbase Mobile Deployments

Data Sync between Capella App Services and Self Managed Couchbase Mobile Deployments

Capella App Services is a fully managed cloud backend for your mobile, desktop and IoT frontend applications. On the other end of the spectrum, the paradigm of “Edge Computing” has gained a lot of traction in recent years. Edge Computing...

5 Reasons Developers Love Couchbase Capella

5 Reasons Developers Love Couchbase Capella

We get it, developers don’t have time to mess around. They want to build smarter, better, faster applications in the easiest way possible. With Couchbase Capella, developers can do just that. Don’t believe us? Take a look at 5 reasons...

February 14, 2023
The Right Stuff for Edge Computing in Space

The Right Stuff for Edge Computing in Space

AWS Snowball + SpaceX Starlink + Couchbase Capella = More uptime, lower latency and better bandwidth usage at the edge Apps Must be Always Fast and Always on Suppose you operate popup clinics in rural villages and remote locations where...

Rich Real-time Data Served Up By Couchbase Elevates Cycling Experience for Riders

Rich Real-time Data Served Up By Couchbase Elevates Cycling Experience for Riders

As an avid cyclist, Pieter Morgan departed on a coast to coast ride across the USA, trusting his bike and accompanying technologies to guide him along the way. He quickly found that his cycling devices weren’t cutting it. With a...

What is Native Mobile Development? (Benefits, Tools, Resources)

What is Native Mobile Development? (Benefits, Tools, Resources)

When talking about native mobile app development, it’s good to first understand the landscape. There are approximately 6.5 billion smartphone users worldwide, and that number is growing. As smartphones become more ubiquitous and, at the same time, more powerful and...