Data Engineering Resources

GitHub Continuous Deployment to a Raspberry Pi

Instead of just using SCP to get files over to my device, I wanted to be able to have my Raspberry Pi update whenever there was an update to the master branch of the node project I was working on.

June 20, 2016

by Daniel Egan

· 24,744 Views · 9 Likes

Types of Cursors Available in Oracle PL/SQL

Here's a breakdown of the various pointers to SQL result sets you can implement in your code.

June 20, 2016

by Steven Feuerstein

· 20,057 Views · 5 Likes

Open Sourcing Geppetto, an Automation Framework for Distributed Systems

Geppetto is a newly open sourced automation framework for testing and automating distributed systems with Python. This can be used with Open Source NoSQL.

June 17, 2016

by Aaron Feldman

· 6,983 Views · 3 Likes

Implementing Hadoop's Input and Output Format in Spark

A detailed tutorial on how to use Apache Spark to implement Hadoop input and output formats.

June 17, 2016

by VIKALP JAIN

· 40,647 Views · 5 Likes

Why Java Is a Purely Object-Oriented Language... Or Why Not

Java—is it actually object-oriented? Let's take a look deep into Java to try to figure it out.

June 16, 2016

by Naresh Joshi

· 32,048 Views · 9 Likes

Don't Go Into ElasticSearch Production Without This Checklist

Some great tips to keep in mind when embarking on your ElasticSearch journey.

June 16, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 5,860 Views · 2 Likes

9 Important Steps for Successful Integration Projects

System integration involves integrating existing (often disparate) subsystems and then creating unique and new value for the customer or end user. This blog lays out various steps to take and things to consider when planning an integration solution.

Updated June 16, 2016

by Anil Bhimineni

· 11,345 Views · 2 Likes

Redis Replication vs Sharding

Replication and sharding can both be helpful in providing for these needs. Whether your database is in need of one, the other, or both, it is helpful to know what each of these does.

June 15, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 10,498 Views · 3 Likes

MongoDB Design Patterns

MongoDB is a versatile tool, but it's not perfect for everything. For situations where it doesn't work, you can sometimes use design patterns to get around them.

June 15, 2016

by Darel Lasrado

· 22,127 Views · 11 Likes

MySQL vs. MongoDB: The Pros and Cons When Building a Social Network

When building a social network, it's important to think over the benefits and drawbacks of the major database types.

June 15, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 13,362 Views · 1 Like

Practical Fun with NetBIOS Name Service and Computer Browser Service (Part 2)

Part 2: Computer Browser Service. This article will give an introduction to how computers appear in the Windows Network window and why network neighborhood discovery in Windows is, well… not particularly reliable, to say the least.

June 14, 2016

by Vladimir Gladkov

· 13,677 Views · 2 Likes

What is JSON? How Do I Use It? Does It Beat BSON?

If you’ve ever wondered about JSON—what it is, how to use it or what it has to do with BSON—then you’ve come to the right place. In this article I’ll explore what these acronyms stand for and what these formats do in the world of programming and databases.

June 14, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 6,699 Views · 1 Like

Putting the 'Micro' Into Microservices With Raspberry Pi

A brilliant post on building real life microservices on Raspberry Pis, including service discovery, scalability, and the use of JAX-RS.

June 14, 2016

by Holly Cummins

· 13,813 Views · 8 Likes

Redis Production Checklist

If you are going into production with Redis, it is a good idea to check over a few things before you go live.

Updated June 14, 2016

by Darren Perucci

· 6,560 Views · 8 Likes

From POSIX to AWS and S3

Learn how storage evolved from the prototypical hierarchical method of old to the seemingly limitless systems of AWS' S3 system.

June 12, 2016

by Brad King

· 5,597 Views · 3 Likes

Practical Golang: Getting Started With NATS and Related Patterns

This article discusses the simple, astonishingly fast Message BUS NATS, as well as how to use it in Go.

June 11, 2016

by Brian Flannery

· 18,884 Views · 3 Likes

Elasticsearch Throttling Indexing

If segment merging falls behind indexing, Elasticsearch will throttle indexing requests to a single thread.

June 10, 2016

by James Carr

· 11,844 Views · 2 Likes

Relation of Middleware to Microservices, Docker, and Cloud-Native Architectures

This rather long, but extremely well-researched article by Kai Wähner is a follow-up and update to his previous article "Microservices and whether that spells the death of the Enterprise Service Bus and other middleware." In this piece, he discusses how relevant microservices, containers, and a cloud-native architecture is for middleware. Take the time and read this... it's well worth it!

June 10, 2016

by Kai Wähner

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