PostgreSQL is very attractive for developers, administrators, and architects. It has rich features that enable developers to perform tasks in an agile way. The following are some of the features that are attractive to developers:
- A new release almost every year; there have been 25 major releases so far, starting from Postgres 6.0.
- Very good documentation and an active community enables developers to find and solve problems quickly. The PostgreSQL manual is more than 2,500 pages.
- A rich extension repository enables developers to focus on business logic. Also, it enables developers to meet requirement changes easily.
- The source code is available free of charge. It can be customized and extended without much effort. ...