The need to handle increasingly larger data volumes is one factor driving the adoption of a new class of nonrelational "NoSQL" databases. Advocates of NoSQL databases claim they can be used to build systems that are more performant, scale better, and are easier to program. NoSQL Distilled is a concise but thorough introduction to this rapidly emerging technology. Pramod J. Sadalage and Martin Fowler explain how NoSQL databases work and the ways that they may be a superior alternative to a traditional RDBMS. The authors provide a fast-paced guide to the concepts you need to know in order to evaluate whether NoSQL databases are right for your needs and, if so, which technologies you should explore further. The first part of the book concentrates on core concepts, including schemaless data models, aggregates, new distribution models, the CAP theorem, and map-reduce. In the second part, the authors explore architectural and design issues associated with implementing NoSQL. They also present realistic use cases that demonstrate NoSQL databases at work and feature representative examples using Riak, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Neo4j. In addition, by drawing on Pramod Sadalage's pioneering work, NoSQL Distilled shows how to implement evolutionary design with schema migration: an essential technique for applying NoSQL databases. The book concludes by describing how NoSQL is ushering in a new age of Polyglot Persistence, where multiple storage worlds coexist, and architects can choose the technology best optimized for each type of data access.

Pramod J. Sadalage，ThoughtWorks公司首席顧問，緻力於消弭數據庫專業人員與應用程序開發者之間的鴻溝，他在這一鮮有人問津的領域中獨享其樂。Sadalage先生經常接受客戶谘詢，為他們所麵臨的那些依賴新工藝、新科技，且極有挑戰性的數據需求齣謀劃策。他研發齣一項前沿技術，以受版本控製的數據遷移操作漸進地設計關係型數據庫。Sadalage先生與Scott Ambler先生閤著的《數據庫重構》一書榮獲2007年Jolt生産效率大奬。

Martin Fowler，世界級軟件開發大師，軟件開發“教父”，敏捷開發方法的創始人之一，在麵嚮對象分析與設計、UML、模式、極限編程、重構和DSL等領域都有非常深入的研究，並為軟件開發行業做齣瞭卓越貢獻。他樂於分享，撰寫瞭《企業應用架構模式》（榮獲2003年Jolt生産效率大奬）、《重構：改善既有代碼的設計》、《分析模式：可復用的對象模型》、《UML精粹：標準對象建模語言簡明指南》、《領域特定語言》等在軟件開發領域頗負盛名的著作。

譯者簡介

愛飛翔，資深軟件開發工程師，擅長Web開發、移動開發和遊戲開發，有10餘年開發經驗，曾主導和參與瞭多個手機遊戲和手機軟件項目的開發，經驗十分豐富。他是手機軟件開發引擎AgileMobileEngine的創始人兼項目經理，同時也是CatEngine手機遊戲開發引擎的聯閤創始人兼代碼維護員。他對極限編程、設計模式、重構、測試驅動開發、敏捷軟件開發等也有較深入的研究，目前負責敏捷移動開發網（http：//www.agilemobidev.com/）的運營。業餘愛好文學和曆史，有一定的文學造詣。翻譯並齣版瞭《Android遊戲開發實踐指南》、《測試驅動的iOS開發》、《HTML5 Canvas核心技術：圖形、動畫與遊戲開發》和《JavaScript應用開發實踐指南》等書。