MongoDB and MongoMapper
MongoDB is a document based database engine. Learn how to access it through MongoMapper in this episode. http://railscasts.com/episodes/194-mongodb-and-mongomapper
Non-relational Data Persistence in Java using MongoDB
Kristina Chodorow, a software engineer at MongoDB, talks about non-relational data persistence in Java using MongoDB, a high-performance, open source, schema-free document-oriented database. In the last couple years, dozens of non-relational databases have appeared to solve problems that relational databases aren’t good at. Kristina will go over many of the …
Java Persistence with JavaDB
Rick Hillegas (one of the original developers of Apache Derby) will share his thoughts on Java DB (a.k.a. Apache Derby), a free, pure Java relational database, which is co-bundled in the Java 6 JDK. Rock-solid and feature-rich, Java DB nevertheless fits in a 2.5M jar file. Rick’s talk will cover …
Object Relational Mapping and (ORM), Entity Framework (EF), and M Programming Language
Ted Neward and Danny Simmons of the ADO.NET team discuss the Entity Framework, ORMs and OSLO
NoSQL: Death to Relational Databases
This video explores the NoSQL movement: the general alternatives to relational databases (key-value stores, document-oriented databases, and graph databases) and some of the domains in which they provide the best fit. It also looks at ways to resolve the tension between relational databases and the alternatives, with examples of hybrid …