How deeply does Think Like a CTO cover NoSQL database?

Defines documents and collections and contrasts their structure with tables, without detailing database operations or implementation.

NoSQL database

As explained in Think Like a CTO

A NoSQL database stores data without requiring the fixed tabular structure and schema constraints typical of relational databases.

A NoSQL database stores documents in collections without requiring every document to have the same structure. It stores the data present in each document rather than placeholders for data that is absent. section 8.5.1

This distinguishes it from a relational database, which organizes similarly structured data into linked tables. When assessing storage options, ask whether the data shares a consistent set of attributes or varies substantially from record to record. section 8.5.1

Documents in one collection

Two documents can differ radically while remaining in the same collection; neither needs empty placeholders for attributes found only in the other. section 8.5.1

How Think Like a CTO covers it

liveBook manning.com

Read Think Like a CTO on liveBook Get the book at manning.com

Also explained in

liveBook manning.com

Building Web APIs with ASP.NET CoreNoSQL is a class of nonrelational database systems that use flexible data models such as documents, key-value collections, graphs, or wide columns.
liveBook manning.com

ScyllaDB in ActionA NoSQL database is a non-relational database system that uses data models other than the traditional relational table model.
liveBook manning.com

Amazon Web Services in Action, Third Edition: An in-depth guide to AWSA NoSQL database is a nonrelational database designed for data models and scaling approaches that do not depend on the traditional relational table model.
liveBook manning.com

Java Persistence with Spring Data and Hibernate epubA NoSQL database is a nonrelational database system designed around data models and access patterns other than the traditional relational table model.
liveBook manning.com

Microsoft Azure in ActionA NoSQL database is a nonrelational database designed to store and retrieve data using flexible structures rather than a fixed relational schema.
liveBook manning.com

Building Distributed Applications that WorkA non-relational database system that stores and accesses data using models other than relational tables and does not rely primarily on SQL.

Compare how 7 books explain NoSQL database →

Related concepts

MongoDBincludes · MongoDB is a document-oriented database management system that stores data as BSON documents, typically organized into collections.
SQLcontrasts with · SQL is a standardized declarative language for defining, querying, and manipulating data in relational database systems.
Cosmos DBincludes · Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's globally distributed, multimodel cloud database service, supporting multiple data models and APIs.
ScyllaDBincludes · ScyllaDB is a distributed wide-column database compatible with Cassandra’s data model and protocol, designed for high scalability and availability.
table storageincludes · Azure Table Storage is a NoSQL data store that stores structured, nonrelational data as schemaless entities in tables, addressed by partition and row keys.

This explainer was generated by Manning's knowledge graph from the text of Think Like a CTO. The section links point to the parts of the book it draws on.