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Learning Azure DocumentDB

Learning Azure DocumentDB

By : Riccardo Becker
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Learning Azure DocumentDB

Learning Azure DocumentDB

By: Riccardo Becker
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Learning DocumentDB adopts a practical, step-by-step approach to help you learn the basics of DocumentDB and use your new-found abilities in real-life scenarios and enterprise solutions. We start with the absolute basics, such as setting up a DocumentDB environment, and guide you through managing your databases, and executing simple and complex queries. Next, we explain how to work with DocumentDB using the open REST protocol, and demonstrate how JavaScript works with DocumentDB. We’ll also show you how to authenticate and execute queries. Moving on, you’ll find out how to use DocumentDB from within Node.js to kick-start your Node.js projects. Next, you’ll discover how to increase the performance of your DocumentDB database and fine-tune it. Finally, you’ll get to grips with using DocumentDB in conjunction with other services offered from the Microsoft Azure platform.
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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1. Getting Started with DocumentDB
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1. Getting Started with DocumentDB
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What is DocumentDB?
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Exploring the data model
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DocumentDB versus other databases
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Understanding the price model
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Building your first application
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2. Setting up and Managing Your Database
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2. Setting up and Managing Your Database
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Managing your keys
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Using resource tokens
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Managing alerts
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3. Basic Querying
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3. Basic Querying
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Creating resources
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Reading resources
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Updating documents
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Deleting documents
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4. Advanced Querying
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4. Advanced Querying
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Using the SELECT statement
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Using the FROM clause
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Using the WHERE clause
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Using built-in functions
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Building stored procedures
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Building triggers
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Building user-defined functions
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Using LINQ to DocumentDB
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5. Using REST to Access Your Database
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5. Using REST to Access Your Database
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Understanding the basics of REST
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Querying DocumentDB resources
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Getting all databases
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Adding a document
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6. Using Node.js to Access Your Database
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6. Using Node.js to Access Your Database
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Introducing Node.js
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Utilizing DocumentDB from Node.js
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7. Advanced Techniques
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7. Advanced Techniques
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Introducing indexes
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Partitioning data
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Managing performance
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Using transactions
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Setting consistency levels
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8. Putting Your Database at the Heart of Azure Solutions
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8. Putting Your Database at the Heart of Azure Solutions
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Introducing an Internet of Things scenario
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Increasing search capabilities
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Enhancing security
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Migrating data
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Index

Chapter 1. Getting Started with DocumentDB

Until recently, the most common answer to the question "Where do I store my application information?" was in a relational database, obviously. The answer to this simple yet meaningful question is not so straightforward anymore.

NoSQL databases are becoming more and more popular and DocumentDB is one of them. In August 2014, Scott Guthrie officially announced the first preview version of DocumentDB. DocumentDB is a NoSQL database service offered by Microsoft. It is delivered as a managed service on Azure. This means that we no longer have to manage any infrastructure; we can just take it from the tap and pay per use. DocumentDB is a schema-free store, which means that we can store any kind of JSON document inside the store and work with the data as we used to in traditional SQL databases.

In this chapter, we will do the following:

  • Learn what DocumentDB is all about
  • Look at the data model
  • Make a comparison with other non-SQL technologies
  • Learn about the pricing model
  • Build a console application that connects to a database

This book is aimed at architects, developers, database administrators, and IT professionals who want to learn and understand the breadth of DocumentDB.

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