NoSQL for Mere Mortals

NoSQL for Mere Mortals

<!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> </xml> <![endif]--> <p style="margin:0px;">The Easy, Common-Sense Guide to Solving Real Problems with NoSQL</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">The<i> Mere Mortals</i> <i>®</i> tutorials have earned worldwide praise as the clearest, simplest way to master essential database technologies. Now, there’s one for today’s exciting new NoSQL databases. <i>NoSQL for Mere Mortals</i> guides you through solving real problems with NoSQL and achieving unprecedented scalability, cost efficiency, flexibility, and availability.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Drawing on 20+ years of cutting-edge database experience, Dan Sullivan explains the advantages, use cases, and terminology associated with all four main categories of NoSQL databases: key-value, document, column family, and graph databases. For each, he introduces pragmatic best practices for building high-value applications. Through step-by-step examples, you’ll discover how to choose the right database for each task, and use it the right way.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Coverage includes</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">--Getting started: What NoSQL databases are, how they differ from relational databases, when to use them, and when <i>not</i> to Data management principles and design criteria: Essential knowledge for creating any database solution, NoSQL or relational</p> <p style="margin:0px;">--Key-value databases: Gaining more utility from data structures</p> <p style="margin:0px;">--Document databases: Schemaless databases, normalization and denormalization, mutable documents, indexing, and design patterns</p> <p style="margin:0px;">--Column family databases: Google’s BigTable design, table design, indexing, partitioning, and Big Data</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Graph databases: Graph/network modeling, design tips, query methods, and traps to avoid</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Whether you’re a database developer, data modeler, database user, or student, learning NoSQL can open up immense new opportunities. As thousands of database professionals already know, <i> For Mere Mortals</i> is the fastest, easiest route to mastery.</p> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE </xml> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> </xml> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]--> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p>