Short post here. I’m tired of hearing about the SQL/NoSQL “debate.” Seriously. I don’t really understand why there’s a need to stake out territory and then start a war over techno-ideologies. In my opinion, this debate is like having a debate about cars vs. pickup trucks. There are valid pros/cons to buying cars and valid [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mongodb’
SQL/NoSQL Debate? Why?
Posted: 27th May 2011 by M. E. Patterson in CodingTags: databases, mongodb, nosql, sql
0
Starting a new Rails app? Here’s my skeleton…
Posted: 15th February 2010 by M. E. Patterson in CodingTags: activerecord, gems, mongodb, mongomapper, plugins, rails
Not meant to be a “this is what should be done” as much as a “this is what Matt uses, based largely on community popularity, best practice, and Matt’s personal tastes.” Take it for what it is: a point of discussion. Of course, the skeleton of any Rails app will vary from project to project, [...]
Mongo Beauty #1
Posted: 2nd February 2010 by M. E. Patterson in CodingTags: mongodb, mongomapper, ruby
Frequently, while working with MongoDB and MongoMapper, I run across an implementation of something that blows me away with its beauty. This, my friends, is one of those times. Given: a Users collection where the users’ names are stored in an Array key called name. i.e. :name => ["Patterson", "Matt"]. It can be any length, [...]
Mongosphinx with MongoDB and MongoMapper
Posted: 20th January 2010 by M. E. Patterson in CodingTags: mongodb, rails, ruby, sphinx
Can that title have the word ‘mongo’ in it any more times? Well, fear not, I’m about to use it even more… So, I had to fool around a bit to get the so-called “Mongosphinx” gem working with my app architecture. Thought it might be helpful to others to demonstrate how I did it. I’ll [...]