lightning talk: agility & databases

04.09.2014

2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt

Lightning Talk:Agility & Databases

uweseiler

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Thinking about databases…

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt What’s a database?

A database is an organized collection of data.

Wikipedia

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt What’s a database?

A database is an organized collection of data.

Wikipedia

Structure

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt What’s a database?

A database is an organized collection of data.

Wikipedia

Structure

Content

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt What’s a database?

Structure

Content

vs.

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Question

Have you as a developer ever tried tomake a minor database change (likeadding a column to a table) in a largecompany, e.g. a bank?

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Answer

Well, have fun trying that…

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Problem

Relational databases and agile development are not a good fit!

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt NoSQL to the rescue!

NoSQL

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt NoSQL?

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Column StoresKey-Value Stores

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Document StoresGraph Databases

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt One example: MongoDB

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt MongoDB & Agile

Schemaless

Focus on content, not structure

Perfect fit for iterative approach

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt MongoDB & Agile

Document-Oriented

Store the content like it is

No ORM

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt MongoDB & Agile

Open Source

Community Driven

Collaboration

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Agile & Databases

1. There are choices of data bases &storage that fit the agile approach!

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Agile & Databases

2. The boundaries between backend andfrontend developers diminish, it’s aboutcraftsmanship!

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Agile & Databases

3. Data storage based on horizontalscaling & commodity hardware enablesthe developers, the community and start-ups!

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Summary

NoSQL Agile

enables

enhances

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt Thanks for listening

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2Agiler StammtischFrankfurt About me

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