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Seven Databases in Seven Weeks
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Seven Databases in Seven Weeks

by Eric Redmond, Jim R. Wilson
May 2012
Beginner to intermediate
352 pages
8h 26m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Onward and Upward

We’re in the midst of a Cambrian explosion of data storage options; it’s hard to predict exactly what will evolve next. We can be fairly certain, though, that the pure domination of any particular strategy (relational or otherwise) is unlikely. Instead, we’ll see increasingly specialized databases, each suited to a particular (but certainly overlapping) set of ideal problem spaces. And just as there are jobs today that call for expertise specifically in administrating relational databases (DBAs), we are going to see the rise of their nonrelational counterparts.

Databases, like programming languages and libraries, are another set of tools that every developer should know. Every good carpenter must understand what’s in their ...

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