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Packtpub.MySQL.5.1.Plugins.Development.Aug.2010

Apache CouchDB is an exciting database management system that is growing in popularity each day. This book introduces you to CouchDB, guiding you through its relatively short history and what makes it different from the other database systems out there. It offers simple, unassuming steps on getting CouchDB up and running on your computer that’s running Linux or Mac OS X. It guides you through the process of creating a database and working with data; covers more complex topics such as views and map/reduce; and explores advanced database concepts such as replication, compaction, and deployment. It also shows you how to develop applications that are housed entirely in the database itself, in addition to using Python, Django, and Ruby to interact with CouchDB from a traditional serverside application.

What we’re working on lately (this past week) is a hard-core dis- tributed memory caching system. Basically, we’re putting up a bunch of servers that do nothing but keep frequently-used LiveJournal objects in memory. Objects can be users, logins, colors, styles, journal entries, comments, site text, anything...