Guide to NoSQL with Azure Cosmos DB

Create scalable applications by taking advantage of NoSQL document databases on the cloud with .NET CoreKey FeaturesWork with the latest available tools related to Cosmos DBLearn to work with the latest version of the .NET Core SDK C# and the SQL APIWork with a database service that doesn’t require you to use an ORM and provides flexibilityBook DescriptionCosmos DB is a NoSQL database service included in Azure that is continuously adding new features and has quickly become one of the most innovative services found in Azure targeting mission-critical applications at a global scale. This book starts off by showing you the main features of Cosmos DB their supported NoSQL data models and the foundations of its scalable and distributed architecture. You will learn to work with the latest available tools that simplify your tasks with Cosmos DB and reduce development costs such as the Data Explorer in the Azure portal Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer and the Cosmos DB Emulator.Next move on to working with databases and document collections. We will use the tools to run schema agnostic queries against collections with the Cosmos DB SQL dialect and understand their results. Then we will create a first version of an application that uses the latest .NET Core SDK to interact with Cosmos DB. Next we will create a second version of the application that will take advantage of important features that the combination of C# and the .NET Core SDK provides such as POCOs and LINQ queries. By the end of the book you will be able to build an application that works with a Cosmos DB NoSQL document database with C# the .NET Core SDK LINQ and JSON.What you will learnUnderstand the supported NoSQL data models and the resource hierarchyLearn the latest tools to work with Cosmos DB accounts and collectionsReduce your development costs by working with the Cosmos DB EmulatorUnderstand request units automatic indexing partitioning and billingBuild an application with C# Cosmos DB .NET Core SDK and the SQL APIPerform asynchronous operations with databases and documents in C#Work with models and customize serialization of LINQ queriesWho this book is forThis book is for C# developers. You do not require any knowledge of Azure Cosmos DB but familiarity with the Azure platform is expected. About the Author Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel® Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife Vanesa and his two sons Kevin and Brandon.Daron Yöndem has been a Microsoft Regional Director and a Microsoft MVP for 11 years. He is a regular speaker at international conferences recently focusing on microservices serverless DevOps and IoT. Daron currently works as a CTO at XOMNI Inc a cloud company that builds PaaS offerings for retailers such as XOGO who are building decision signage platform. Feel free to reach out to him on Twitter @daronyondem.