March 2019
Beginner to intermediate
778 pages
34h 20m
English
Most developers are familiar with the general structure of data in a traditional relational database, and a common approach to understanding Datastore is to build on that knowledge by drawing parallels between relational databases and Datastore. Here is a table outlining the base components of each system and how they relate:
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Relational databases |
Datastore |
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Table |
Kind |
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Row |
Entity |
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Column or field |
Property |
|
Primary key |
Identifier, key |
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Foreign keys |
Ancestors and descendants |
Note that each of these are loosely similar concepts, and there are several caveats when comparing the two technologies. This table may therefore be referenced as a starting point, but as we'll see, the ...
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