RavenDB Overview

Overview/Description
RavenDB is the most popular NoSQL database for the .Net world. It is open source, extremely fast, and very intuitive. RavenDB is a document-oriented database designed for storing, retrieving, and managing semi-structured data. In this course, you will learn about the Management Studio and in code. You will also learn how to set up and connect to a RavenDB instance, and how to work with documents and indexes.

Target Audience
NoSQL developers who wish to expand their skills with RavenDB

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

RavenDB Overview

• start the course
• describe what RavenDB is and how it differs from a relational database
• start the server as a console application
• add RavenDB to your project and connect to an instance
• describe the RavenDB Management Studio
• create a document session
• write documents
• use Raven Studio to manage documents
• read documents
• run queries over documents
• update and delete documents
• use Etags (entity tags) for concurrency control
• patch a document using code
• use Raven Studio to patch a document
• describe object relationships
• recall how asynchronous operations are done on documents
• perform a bulk insert
• describe the Changes API and how to use it
• describe what indexes are and how they are used within RavenDB
• create and use dynamic indexes
• use static indexes in code
• create a reduce function for an index
• work with documents in RavenDB