CHAPTER 12

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Persisting JSON: II

The last time I discussed the persistence of JSON, it was strictly from a front-end perspective. However, as promised, this chapter will consider the persistence of JSON from a back-end perspective.

You may be familiar with the terms SQL and MySQL, as they are both rather popular databases. These databases store data in rows, within a table. With the assistance of the SQL, Structured Query Language, data can be extracted from the table and returned to the requesting client. However, what you may not be so familiar with is the term NoSQL databases, which, as you may surmise, refers to a category of databases that ...

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