Category: CouchDb

Introducing Erlang – A gentle, effective guide to a challenging programming language – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Introducing Erlang Simon St. Laurent (O’Reilly – paperback, Kindle) Erlang has come a long way since it began its odd life in the 1980s as a programming language for telephone switching systems, specifically Swedish-made, Ericsson telephone switching systems. Today, the language and its Open Telecom Platform libraries are gaining new converts among serious practitioners of … Continue reading Introducing Erlang – A gentle, effective guide to a challenging programming language – #bookreview

Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good! – A hefty, humorous, wide-ranging how-to guide – #erlang #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good! Fred Hébert (No Starch Press – paperback, Kindle) Two decades ago, I worked for Swedish telecom giant Ericsson, grinding out software specifications, user manuals and other documentation. I was part of a small group in Texas that was supposed to help adapt Swedish-made computers and software to the … Continue reading Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good! – A hefty, humorous, wide-ranging how-to guide – #erlang #programming #bookreview

Building Web, Cloud, & Mobile Solutions with F# – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Building Web, Cloud, & Mobile Solutions with F# Daniel Mohl (O’Reilly – paperback, Kindle) F# (pronounced “F-sharp”) is a relatively new functional, open-source programming language developed by Microsoft and the F# Software Foundation. F# can be used to create scalable applications with ASP.NET MVC 4, ASP.NET Web API, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Azure, HTML5, Web Sockets, … Continue reading Building Web, Cloud, & Mobile Solutions with F# – #programming #bookreview

CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide Tim Juravich (Packt Publishing, paperback – Kindle) CouchDB and PHP can be a formidable team when used to create web applications.  “CouchDB is a database that completely embraces the web,” according to the Apache CouchDB website. Data is stored with JSON documents; documents can be accessed with a web … Continue reading CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide – #programming #bookreview

Node: Up and Running – A fine intro to Node.js, the new 799-pound gorilla in the room – #programming #bookreview #in

by Si Dunn

Node: Up and Running Tom Hughes-Croucher and Mike Wilson (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $34.99; Kindle edition, list price $27.99) Node.js is often described as “the dominant player” in the world of server-side JavaScript development. Whether that’s completely true or boastful hype, big players such as Google, LinkedIn, eBay, Walmart and Microsoft now are using it. And so … Continue reading Node: Up and Running – A fine intro to Node.js, the new 799-pound gorilla in the room – #programming #bookreview #in

Not your father’s database: Getting Started with CouchDB & with Fluidinfo – #bookreview #in #programming

by Si Dunn

These two books reflect some of the wide-ranging changes that the Internet and mobile devices are bringing to the ways databases are structured, accessed, updated, stored and maintained. Getting Started with CouchDB By MC Brown (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $24.99; Kindle edition, list price $14.99) “Databases are no longer isolated, single systems,” writes MC Brown. “Whether you want a … Continue reading Not your father’s database: Getting Started with CouchDB & with Fluidinfo – #bookreview #in #programming