Having worked with traditional RDBMS’s for more than 10 years, learning about document databases such as Amazon SimpleDB and CouchDB took a bit to wrap my head around. What I found is that they have many benefits including speed and scalability. I learned more about Amazon SimpleDB while writing my latest article for Amazon Web Services: Building a Product Catalog with Amazon SimpleDB. The article shows you how to create a simple product catalog using Rails and Amazon SimpleDB. Happy coding!
