Polyglot persistence for Java developers - leaving the relational comfort zone

Relational databases have long been considered the one true way to persist enterprise data. But today, NoSQL databases are emerging as a viable alternative for many applications. They can simplify the persistence of complex data models and offer significantly better scalability, and performance. But NoSQL databases are very different than the ACID/SQL/JDBC/JPA world that we have become accustomed to. In this presentation, you will learn about our experience implementing a use case from POJOs in Action using popular NoSQL databases: Redis, MongoDB, and Cassandra. We will compare and contrast each database’s data model and Java API. You will learn about the benefits and drawbacks of using NoSQL.

About Chris

Chris Richardson is a developer and architect with over 20 years of experience. He is a Java Champion and the author of POJOs in Action, which describes how to build enterprise Java applications with POJOs and frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate. Chris is the founder of the original CloudFoundry.com and works on cloud technology. He has a computer science degree from the University of Cambridge in England and lives in Oakland, CA with his wife and three children.