Use Cases for MRuby in Database Contexts | ArangoDB 2012

In the relational world, PL/SQL is used to store business/application logic inside the relational database. The same movement is currently happening in the NoSQL. Redis for example uses LUA script in its newest version (2.6), to allow developers to tweak Redis. There a lot of use-cases for a programming language in document-stores. Programming languages are used in various document stores like ArangoDB, CouchDB, MongoDB, or VoltDB. In my opinion in the following use-cases a suitable language like Ruby will be most handy.
(more…)

More info...

HTTP Client in mruby | ArangoDB Blog 2012

As Dorthe pointed out, we are on the road for the next two weeks. (more…)

More info...

ArangoDB at NoSQL Matters Berlin, Buzzwords, or Euruko | 2012

Just a quick note: We are on the road… you can meet us in person at the following conferences:
(more…)

More info...

JSON Parser for mruby: Class Definitions | ArangoDB Blog 2012

MRuby is progressing quite rapidly, it is now possible to implement a real REPL, see github. So, it is time to continue my efforts to integrate MRuby into ArangoDB. ArangoDB currently uses JavaScript to implement transactions and enrich the database with small Actionlets, i. e. functions that take a HTTP request and produce a HTTP response. Additionally, there is a shell, which allows you to administrate the server. (more…)

More info...

AvocadoDB Becomes ArangoDB | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Hi folks,

to avoid legal issues with some other Avocado lovers we have to change the name of our database. We want to stick to Avocados and selected a variety from Mexico/Guatemala called “Arango”.
(more…)

More info...

Talk: Using mruby with AvocadoDB | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Frank has given a short lightning talk on using mruby in ArangoDB (at this time still called AvocadoDB) at the Cologne Ruby user group.
(more…)

More info...

Preliminary Performance Tests: mruby & V8 | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB

I’m still investigating the possibility to use mruby as embedded language for AvocadoDB, see me last post. I managed to create an interactive shell to play with mruby. Now am trying to do some performance tests.
(more…)

More info...

Towards an Interactive mruby Shell | ArangoDB Blog 2012

In my last post I investigated the possibility of using mruby as embedded language for AvocadoDB. As the first results look quite promising I decided to write a small interactive mruby shell. There is no better way to explore a new toy than to play with it.
(more…)

More info...

Using mruby as Alternative: Server-Side | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB.

Introduction

One of the design goals of AvocadoDB is:

Use AvocadoDB as an application server and fuse your application and database together for maximal throughput (more…)

More info...

RFC: The AvocadoDB Query Language | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB.

The REST API for AvocadoDB is already available and stable and people are writing APIs using it. Awesome. As AvocacoDB offers more complex data structures like graphs and lists REST is not enough. We implemented a first version of a query language some time ago which is very similar to SQL and UNQL.
(more…)

More info...

Get the latest tutorials,
blog posts and news: