Introduction
Welcome to my readers. I appreciate your purchase. This will help me continue improving the book content.
Before we go into the technical details, I have something to say.
Firstly, I’m not a RethinkDB expert at all. I’m just an average guy who loves programming and new technologies. To me, RethinkDB is a pleasure to use. However, due to its age, there are not many books and documents about it comparing to other database systems. While the RethinkDB cocumentation and API is very good, it can be hard to know where to start. So this guide is for all those in mind who are unsure about taking the plunge into RethinkDB as something totally new. I hope this helps them ease into the learning process.
The purpose of this book is to organize the concepts of RethinkDB in order to help you to read and understand the RethinkDB API directly. Upon finishing the book, you will have a foundational knowledge in which to extend your knowledge with many other RethinkDB videos and blog posts out on the Internet.
Secondly, I’m a fan of Mixu’s1 writing style2. I won’t cover deeply things like installing RethinkDB, fine-tuning, extra function parameters, and so on. Those topics are covered very well on RethinkDB’s documention itself. What I want you to take away from this book is a good grasp on RethinkDB usage in practice. and how to apply commands in real scenarios.
Third, I’m not fluent in English. If you find any mistakes, you can report the issue on repository or email me directly.
Fourth, RethinkDB is changing so fast that things in this book may not reflect its current state. Once again, I’d be very grateful for any errata you may point out, via my email or Github. Since this is a LeanPub book, once I update you may download it again free of charge.
And finally, due to my limited knowledge with RethinkDB, I want to keep this book short and straight to the point. Expect a book of around 200 pages. My goal is for this to be a book that you can pick up, read on the train while riding to work and after a week you can sit down and actually start your first RethinkDB project without hesitation.