What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Comfortable with Couchbase, introduces Couchbase Server and provides details on obtaining and installing it. It also walks you through setting up Couchbase Server for the first time.

Chapter 2, Using Couchbase CRUD Operations, provides an overview of basic Couchbase Server operations. Basic SDK usage is demonstrated while exploring the various CRUD API methods.

Chapter 3, Creating Secondary Indexes with Views, explains in detail the programming model of MapReduce. After this exploration, the basics of using MapReduce within Couchbase Server are explored.

Chapter 4, Advanced Views, explores common view patterns for Couchbase development, following on the previous chapter's discussion of MapReduce.

Chapter 5, Introducing N1QL, introduces the prerelease Couchbase query language, N1QL.

Chapter 6, Designing a Schema-less Data Model, discusses many of the design options that must be considered when building Couchbase Server applications. Both key/value and document schemas are covered.

Chapter 7, Creating a To-do App with Couchbase, provides an overview on how to convert Couchbase Server to a basic to-do application.

Appendix, Couchbase SDKs, contains a brief introduction to the official Couchbase SDKs, including installation and basic usage.