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CouchDB From 10,000 Feet
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Summary
This presentation takes a look at CouchDB from 10,000 ft. CouchDB is a document oriented database with a highly acclaimed REST API and replication support, that solves problems of high-traffic, distributed peer-to-peer, and offline applications. all at the same time. You will learn to decide when CouchDB is a good fit for your project and when you are better off with a traditional database.
Bio
Jan Lehnardt is an Open Source software consultant specialising in internet technologies. Jan is the co-founder of Freisatz, a company bringing typographic bliss to everyone and a contributor to the CouchDB project. He has a keen eye for user experience and typography.
About the conference
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Aug 14, 2009