The database is an important part of your website. As a web developer, you are constantly looking for a database that is efficient, scalable, robust and best for your website. In this geek story you will discuss about top 5 databases that are best for your website and online platform. So, let's start-
MySQL
MySQL is the most popular open source database in the online platform. The database written in C and C++ both, which initially was available only for Linux platform, but later extends its availability and put it on pretty much anywhere that you can imagine including Linux, Mac and Windows. MySQL was originally created by a company called MySQL AB, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems. Later Sun Microsystems was also acquired by Oracle, and now, we don't know what Oracle will do with MySQL. That's why open source community has created several forks of MySQL including Drizzle and MariaDB. It is a fantastic platform that you can use to learning the web development and it's free makes all the difference for most beginner web designers and developers.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system with more than 15 years of active development. PostgreSQL was designed to run on UNIX-like platforms. However, PostgreSQL was then also designed to be portable so that it could run on various platforms including Linux, Windows and Mac. PostgreSQL is so flexible that you can create custom data types and query methods as per your requirement. This is the first database management system that implements multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) feature, even before Oracle. The MMVC feature is known as snapshot isolation in Oracle.
MongoDB
In the era of big data, MongoDB is one of the best NoSQL databases out there. It has come out with the awesomeness of open-source and cross-platform compatibility. Instead of using tables and rows, MongoDB is built on an architecture of collections and documents. Since its inception, MongoDB has been downloaded more than 25 million times and also supported by more than 1,000 partners. These partners are believed that the coding and databases should be simple and natural. MongoDB's document model is simple for developers to learn and use. It has some impressive built-in features that make it an excellent choice for businesses that need fast, flexible access to their data, whether it's to make real-time, on-the-fly decisions, or to create tailored, data-driven experiences for users.
SQLite
SQLite is a relational database management system contained in a C programming library. It doesn't work like a traditional client-server model with standalone process. Instead, it is a self-contained, server-less SQL database engine. The lite in SQLite means lightweight in terms of setup, database administration, and required resource. SQLite is the most widely deployed database in the world, which was began in 2000 and has been used by notable companies like Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. SQLite uses dynamic types of tables, which means you can store any value in any column, regardless of the data type. It also allows a single database connection to access multiple database files simultaneously. This brings many nice features like joining tables in different databases or copying data between databases in a single command.
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system, which is built on top of SQL, that supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate environments. It is a full-featured database primarily designed to compete against competitors like Oracle Database and MySQL.
Conclusion
Getting started with database development is not a hard process. But choosing right one for your project is the very important decision based on your requirement and work load. As all the major databases are offered free and paid enterprise edition, you can experiment with them all and decide which is best for your project. We are also planning for an article, which include all the features with pros and cons to give you a clear view.
