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Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement
by
Eric Redmond (Goodreads Author),
Jim R. Wilson
Data is getting bigger and more complex by the day, and so are the choices in handling that data. As a modern application developer you need to understand the emerging field of data management, both RDBMS and NoSQL. Seven Databases in Seven Weeks takes you on a tour of some of the hottest open source databases today. In the tradition of Bruce A. Tate's Seven Languages in S...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
May 18th 2012
by Pragmatic Bookshelf
(first published January 1st 2012)
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The book does what it says in the preface - it provides well-rounded understanding of the modern database landscape, written in a nice informal language, with loads of examples and exercises and "no day would be complete without a little bit of razzle-dazzle". You should expect to get a broad grasp of why there are so many NoSQL databases and which one could be good for your next project.
Do not expect however to become proficient or even competent in any of the listed databases. It would be an u...more
Do not expect however to become proficient or even competent in any of the listed databases. It would be an u...more
This book is excellent. The NoSQL movement gets a lot of attention and if you want to get to work at the latest, hippest startup, you have to make sure your LinkedIn profile is spiced with NoSQL tags and lingo.
The problem with NoSQL is, is that it is not difficult at all; you just get the correct Python or Ruby driver, set up a NoSQL instance and you persist your data just like you did with Pickle or SQLAlchemy or Django or Rails: through an abstraction layer. But that doesn't mean you understa...more
The problem with NoSQL is, is that it is not difficult at all; you just get the correct Python or Ruby driver, set up a NoSQL instance and you persist your data just like you did with Pickle or SQLAlchemy or Django or Rails: through an abstraction layer. But that doesn't mean you understa...more
I was a little naive in hoping that this would be written more from a developer point of view but in retrospect, data storage isn't really a code problem.
"7DBin7W" is a mix of how each database works, what it's good for and how to set up "big data" configurations of consistency, availability and partitioning. 7DBin7W is not about why you'd use different types of databases, but rather how these particular examples of different types of databases are interacted with.
I'm glad I read this book, sinc...more
"7DBin7W" is a mix of how each database works, what it's good for and how to set up "big data" configurations of consistency, availability and partitioning. 7DBin7W is not about why you'd use different types of databases, but rather how these particular examples of different types of databases are interacted with.
I'm glad I read this book, sinc...more
Even after reading the book it's hard to tell all of them apart, and even harder to tell if it will be better than using SQL. Seems a lot faster to get going without having to design the schema first
Thanks to everyone who made this book better over the months. This is a hard industry to wrangle, and this ranking goes out to the tech team and beta reviewers!
concise, but with enough depth (and examples) to be practical - very useful - recommended!
Great intro to a bunch of relevant tech.
I really enjoyed the overview of different technologies I've never worked with. I'd have liked to a see a summary of other similar DB technologies, and perhaps some more information on "where to go from here".
Good overview of different databases (and approaches for different types of databases). Provided information is enough to understand, could be particular database useful for your projects or not, and based on these decision you can continue to learn about selected databases in more details.
P.S. I used some of these databases already, but was very interested in reading about Neo4J.
P.S. I used some of these databases already, but was very interested in reading about Neo4J.
A great book to give a cursory look at a bunch of different databases. I definitely recommend it as a primer. I had no experience with NoSQL databases but now I at least understand them a lot more.
A good overview of the different databases on offer, and a good introduction to NoSQL. I did feel that there were some places where the database interface was presented even when it wasn't relevant -- most of the time you're going to be working with a driver into the language -- but overall it helps for discussing the difference between Cassandra, MongoDB and Redis without making your brain break.
Seven Databases in Seven Weeks is a great book for giving you an overview of the latest databases in the different segments out there. It is definitely an entry level chapter on each system that will let you know whether or not to pursue it further with more in depth material.
Anyone curious about what is available besides the de facto SQL standard offerings should give this book a read.
Anyone curious about what is available besides the de facto SQL standard offerings should give this book a read.
This book broadened my view on data persistence very substantially. The particular choice of databases is not in fact important. What this book communicates effectively is how different data has different requirements on consistency, availability and durability.
Great material, well written, and even entertaining for a tech book. Excellent starting point for anyone trying to get outside of the RDBMS walls and limitations.
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