Tutorial for AvocadoDB PHP API Published | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. Hey there, short notice: Jan has written a tutorial on how to use the PHP API for AvocadoDB (note: this is “just” the API for the REST interface, it does not cover yet the upcoming query language). You can…

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Is UNQL Dead? Future of NoSQL Query Languages | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. UNQL started with quite some hype last year. However, after some burst of activity the project came to a hold. So it seems, that – at least as a project – UNQL has been a failure. IMHO one of…

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Skip List Indices in AvocadoDB | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. Last week AvocadoDB got mentioned in “nosql weekly” and the project achieved a huge amount of public interest especially from Japan. Awesome! 🙂 In this context Mr. Fiber asked on twitter what the use of skip list indices in…

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Hilbert Curves & Polyhedrons for Geo-Indexing | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Cambridge mathematician Richard R. Parker presents a novel algorithm he has developed using a Hilbert curve and Polyhedrons to efficiently implement geo-indexing.

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AvocadoDB Memory Management & Consistency | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. AvocadoDB uses AppendOnly memory-mapped files with frequent fsync. Derived data (indices, etc.) is stored in the main memory only. This article explains why that particular combination leads to high performance and consistent data at the same time―even in case…

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Wanted: Python API Contributors for NoSQL Project | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. Are you a Python expert and want to contribute to an open source project? We need your help writing an API for Python for a new nosql database! AvocadoDB is a rather new open source project – a fancy…

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AvocadoDB: The Best NoSQL Database | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Note: We changed the name of the database in May 2012. AvocadoDB is now called ArangoDB. Our mission: projects are different, project requirements change. We want to offer with AvocadoDB a most universally applicable nosql database which can be used in a maximum number of different use cases. In buzzword bingo language: we want to…

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AvocadoDB’s Design Objectives | ArangoDB Blog 2012

Before we started programming the new open source NoSQL database, we reflected which design objectives to achieve or to drop. This article summarizes our considerations. In a nutshell: Schema-free schemas with shapes: Inherent structures at hand are automatically recognized and subsequently optimized. Querying: ArangoDB is able to accomplish complex operations on the provided data (query-by-example…

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Hello World! Introduction to ArangoDB | ArangoDB Blog 2012

We’ll use this space for further information on what’s going on in the project, milestones, events, interesting in-depth information etc.

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