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NoSQL guides

A curated collection of resources and links about using NoSQL databases.

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Awesome NoSQL Guides / Overview of NoSQL

Introduction To NoSQL - Martin Fowler (54:52) Talk given at GOTO 2012 as a great introduction to NoSQL databases, the types of NoSQL databases, their history, pros and cons, and how and when to use them
NoSQL Distilled Very digestable and affordable book describing the different NoSQL databases and help you make the decision on whether using a NoSQL database is appropriate for your project
Seven Databases in Song (1:43) Fun song from 2012 about seven (six are NoSQL) databases with a very condensed overview of how they each work
NoSQL Databases: a Survey and Decision Guidance (2016) "This NoSQL Toolbox allows us to derive a simple decision tree to help practitioners and researchers filter potential system candidates based on central application requirements"
Data Management in the Cloud: Limitations and Opportunities (PDF) Abadi (2009) discusses limitations and opportunities of data management and data analysis in the cloud
10 NoSQL Misconceptions Some misconceptions about NoSQL databases relating to topics such as what they are, ACID-compliance, and security
10 Reasons Developers Love NoSQL A list of ten arguments for why developers like to use NoSQL databases
Distribution, Data, Deployment: Software Architecture Convergence in Big Data Systems (PDF) Gorton and Klein (2014) paper to discuss software engineering concerns when dealing with big data systems in terms of distribution, data, and deployment. Also accessible
Use cases for NoSQL (2017) Discussion on Stack Overflow on best use cases for using NoSQL databases over traditional SQL databases
Five Common Data Stores and When to Use Them (2019) Article describes five common data stores (relational database, non-relational (“NoSQL”) database, key-value store, full-text search engine, message queue) and their attributes
NoSQL Databases (PDF) A 149-page document outlining motives and rationale for NoSQL databases, and common concepts, techniques and patterns among these databases; last updated around 2011
NoSQL Data Architecture & Data Governance: Everything You Need to Know (2018) Overview of different NoSQL database architectures with diagrams
NoSQL vs SQL: Demystifying NoSQL Databases (2019) General overview and examples of NoSQL database schema types, while covering CAP theorem tradeoffs
Comparing Database Types: How Database Types Evolved to Meet Different Needs Good overview of databases in general and how NoSQL database types differ and can be useful
The NoSQL Ecosystem A chapter written by Adam Marcus from "The Architecture of Open Source Applications" book, this chapter is geared more towards systems architects needing to learn more in-depth understanding of how these systems are built
What is NoSQL - Amazon AWS Great high-level overview of NoSQL databases and how they compare to SQL database technologies and terminologies. Serves as landing page for Amazon's AWS services for NoSQL options of key-value (Amazon DynamoDB), document (Amazon DocumentDB), graph (Amazon Neptune), in-memory (Amazon ElastiCache), and search-engine (Amazon Elasticsearch) database
NoSQL vs. SQL: Important Differences & Which One Is Best for Your Project (2021) - Upwork Explanation comparing SQL and NoSQL databases, along with giving some advice on what database solution is right for your use case
NoSQL Database Tutorial – Full Course for Beginners (2:54:52) Ania Kubow reviews the four types of NoSQL databases and provides two hands-on projects to experiment with what was reviewed

Awesome NoSQL Guides / Data Structures and Modeling

Structure Your Database Best practices (as of 2018) of structuring your data if your database uses JSON
NoSQL Data Modeling Techniques (2012) This article provides a short comparison of NoSQL system families from the data modeling point of view and digests several common modeling techniques
Data Models For MongoDB Data modeling help specific to MongoDB, ranging from schema validation and example patterns. However, concepts may carry over to other document NoSQL databases
Data Models Will Be Beautiful Again (2016) Essay argues that despite existing schema-less databases, thoughtful database modeling is important to gain knowledge and insights using algorithms
Unified Data Modeling for Relational and NoSQL Databases Solution for managing both NoSQL and relational databases using the Unified Data Modeling technique
Unifying Relational, Document, Graph, and Temporal Data Models Patterns for querying across multiple paradigms in the same database
How To Design Schema For Your NoSQL Database? Despite popular belief that NoSQL are schema-less, this article outlines how NoSQL databases follow "query driven design" and considerations for this flexibility in schema
Best Practices for NoSQL Database Design (2012) A couple answers and links for NoSQL database design

Awesome NoSQL Guides / Trade-Offs in CAP/Brewer's Theorem

Visual Guide To NoSQL Systems (2010) Visual display of trade-offs in the CAP theorem among different NoSQL databases
How to Choose The Right NoSQL Database For Your Application? (2018) Reviews CAP theorem and maps common NoSQL databases to CAP categories to help choose one

Awesome NoSQL Guides / Crowd-Sourced Information

/r/nosql Reddit page on NoSQL on general questions and discussions people may have about NoSQL databases
[nosql] Tag On Stack Overflow
Ask HN: Learning NoSQL, Papers and Books (2017) "In your opinion, which papers and books are mandatory to really understand NoSQL subject?"
Difference Between Scaling Horizontally And Vertically For Databases Common terms talked about in the database world and here are answers from others
NoSQL - Wikipedia Wikipedia entry on all things NoSQL databases

Awesome NoSQL Guides / Graph Databases

Graph Databases Use Cases Although documents geared towards Neo4j, concepts are applicable to all graph databases
How The ICIJ Used Neo4j To Unravel The Panama Papers - Mar Cabra (32:02) Learn how graph databases were key to explore who were the main names connected to companies in tax havens, including 140 politicians in more than 50 countries
Graph Databases For Beginners: The Basics Of Data Modeling Discusses the basics of modeling your data and which approach you should take
Graph Data Modeling Guidelines Directly related to Neo4j, but possibly applicable to any graph database
Graph Data Modeling Visualize Structure and Meaning Brief introduction to graph data modeling and is an introduction to the book "Graph Data Modeling for NoSQL and SQL" by Thomas Frisendal

Awesome NoSQL Guides / Criticisms and Debates

Addressing the NoSQL Criticism (2011) Argues against nine criticisms to NoSQL databases as they apply to CouchDB, but may apply to others as well
Thank You For Your Help NoSQL, But We Got It From Here (2020) Argument that NoSQL databases have pushed the evolution of databases given the problem of scaling, but now NewSQL has addressed those concerns (from the perspective of MemSQL)
The Five Stages Of NoSQL (2016) Stages of going through picking and using a NoSQL database mirroring the five stages of grief
The Biggest Challenges Of Moving To NoSQL (2017) Speed and scalability and developer joy have been the gains found from enduring through challenges of moving to NoSQL

Awesome NoSQL Guides / Miscellaneous

What As A NoSQL Database? Learn By Writing One In Python Excellent tutorial in learning NoSQL vs RDBMS through building a toy database using Python
Dynamo Vs Cassandra : Systems Design Of NoSQL Databases Blog post comparing and constrating system designs of two well known NoSQL databases
Why You Should Build Your Wwn NoSQL Database Brief overview of NoSQL databases and the spectrum of schema, along with a very basic implementation of a NoSQL database using the Crystal programming language
PostgreSQL, The NoSQL Database (2015) An argument for PostgreSQL being an alternative to NoSQL databases with NoSQL-like features using its new features like HStore (key-value store) and JSONB (document-based) as of Version 9.4

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