Foreword

I have worked in the database world for many years, a forty plus year old, well known technology. I started like most studying relational databases, first at university and then in my professional career. About a decade ago I started hearing murmurs of a new type of database emerging that were in an new category called NoSQL. Like many at the time I was too busy to pay it much attention but over time the noise grew to a point where this new movement demanded my attention. I started to look at this genre of data management technology and in this search stumbled across Couchbase. Information on this exciting database was scarce, particularly to someone new to the field. I came across the first edition of the book you now have in your hands ...

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