Only a few years ago, database work was among the most boring of tasks in IT — in a good way. Data went into one of the major SQL databases and it came out later, all in one piece, exactly as it went ...

Software architects face an important technical problem when they must decide how to best interact with backend database systems. The decision often comes down to the Hibernate vs. JDBC debate, as the ...

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing an ...