TPDP Episode #6: PouchDB and its Usefulness in Development

As a web and mobile application developer, you may come to a point where you need to worry about data and how to synchronize it between devices in platforms. PouchDB is one of a few good solutions that makes this task significantly easier. In this episode of The Polyglot Developer Podcast, guest speaker Nolan Lawson and I discuss PouchDB and how it is being used in a lot of modern applications, both web and mobile.

Nolan Lawson is a Program Manager at Microsoft, but also one of the core contributors to the PouchDB open source project. In Episode #6: PouchDB and its Usefulness in Browser Based Development, we’re going to cover a lot of ground without actually showing how to use the database in your application. After all, this is an audio only podcast. You will however, be educated on a lot of the technical concepts and popular use cases behind the tool.

Using Couchbase NoSQL In A NativeScript Angular Mobile App

Not too long ago I created a Couchbase NoSQL plugin with Mehfuz Hossain from Telerik for the NativeScript framework. Since developing the plugin it has received a lot of positive feedback and great developer adoption. Shortly after its release I published a blog post on how to use the Couchbase plugin in a NativeScript app. The blog post I had written focused on using NativeScript’s proprietary vanilla framework. Since then, Angular has been released for NativeScript, so it makes sense to make an Angular version of the tutorial.

We’re going to see how to create a cross platform NativeScript application that syncs, using Angular and Couchbase.

Backing Up And Restoring Data In Couchbase Server

Recently I found myself needing to copy data from one Couchbase Server cluster to another. More specifically I needed to copy production data to my local instance so I could play around with it. This could be accomplished by backing up and restoring remote data in my local instance.

The problem is that I had never done this before.

Now I know what you’re thinking, doesn’t this guy work for Couchbase? The answer is yes, but I very rarely work with production data or find myself in this scenario.

We’re going to take a look at backing up and restoring Couchbase bucket data.

Webinar Series: Building A CEA2N And NativeScript Application

Today I have finished the final episode of a five-part webinar series on the subject of Couchbase, Express Framework, Angular, and Node.js (CEA2N) application development. This webinar series has been going on for the past five weeks where each week I covered a new topic relative to the stack leading up to a NativeScript mobile application.

Each episode of this webinar was recorded and can be viewed for free here. This is some premium content!

An episode breakdown and project source code can be seen below.

Upcoming Presentation: DevNexus 2016

From February 15th to February 17th 2016 I will be at DevNexus 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. This is a developer conference relating to many different technologies such as Java, Node.js, and the mobile platforms.

Create A Full Stack App Using Java & Couchbase Server

Full stack development is all the rage right now. Knowing how all the bits and pieces of an application works is a necessity in modern development. Previously I demonstrated how easy it was to create a full stack application using the Couchbase, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js (CEAN) stack, but this time we’re going to be swapping out Node.js for Java.

We’re going to look at creating a full stack application where Java and Couchbase Server acts as our back-end and AngularJS, HTML, and CSS acts as our front-end.

Using PassportJS In Your Node.js And Couchbase Web App

I was at an event not too long ago where someone recommended I take a look at PassportJS for my Node.js applications. In case you’re unfamiliar with PassportJS, it is an authentication middleware that makes it easy to work with logins, whether they are with basic login, or with social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter.

Being that I’m into different authentication techniques, as seen in my other oauth articles, I figured it wouldn’t be a bad idea to do a walkthrough on PassportJS with Express Framework for Node.js.