Databases

Databases

General

Databases are a core part of most enterprise applications and understanding them should be considered basic training.

Common databases

Redis

Redis is what we call an in-memory database and it is at the time of writing this document one of the most common databases for storing data such as sessions or other data that can be stored in memory.

MongoDB

MongoDB is at the time of writing this document the most popular document database and is very commonly used as the default database for Node

MySQL

MySQL is at the time of writing this document one of the most common relational databases and although not as commonly used for Node development is a lot more common in the industry than most other databases.

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a more modern relational database and also very common in the industry.

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is at the time of writing the most common database used for searching and analytics.

Common tools

• ElasticsearchJS
• Sequelize
• Mongoose