Moving Beyond MapReduce: Using CouchDB Mango for Flexible JSON Queries
Stop writing MapReduce views for every simple query. Learn how to use CouchDB Mango to perform declarative JSON queries with better agility and performance.
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Stop writing MapReduce views for every simple query. Learn how to use CouchDB Mango to perform declarative JSON queries with better agility and performance.
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