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…

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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”.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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…

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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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