Learning Center
The IBM® Cloudant® for IBM Cloud® Learning Center offers a video series to help you learn to use IBM Cloudant. The videos start with the basics of using IBM Cloudant. Then the videos walk you through document structure, the API, indexing and querying, and include an Under the Hood topic that highlights the architecture that powers the service.
You can use the playlist to go through the courses, or navigate directly to the topic of your choosing.
Introduction to IBM Cloudant video
Learn about the IBM Cloudant 17-part video series that provides an overview of the IBM Cloudant database-as-a-service.
The Document video
Learn about IBM Cloudant databases and documents work.
The _id video
Learn how _ids work in IBM Cloudant, how they are different from relational databases, and how you can define your own _id.
The rev token video
Learn how IBM Cloudant creates a revision token when you add, edit, or delete a document.
Authentication video
Learn how Legacy authentication and IAM authentication work. You can also learn how IBM Cloudant generates credentials, and how the three official IBM Cloudant libraries handle authentication.
The Dashboard video
Learn about the IBM Cloudant Dashboard and what it has to offer, as well as an introduction into how to use it.
HTTP API Basics video
Learn how to use the command line to make HTTP requests and to add, edit, and delete documents.
The Bulk API video
Learn how to use two API calls to perform all the basic IBM Cloudant operations while also acting on more than one document per API call.
Accessing IBM Cloudant Programmatically video
Learn how to access IBM Cloudant programmatically.
Querying video
Learn the different ways to query data in IBM Cloudant.
Indexing video
Learn how indexing can speed up your query process.
MapReduce video
Learn about MapReduce, which is another way to configure secondary indexes.
Dates video
Learn about different options for storing a date, or date and time value.
Replication video
Learn what replication means in IBM Cloudant, as well as different types of replication and how they work.
Partitioned databases video
Learn how partitioned databases work in IBM Cloudant, how to assign documents to specific shards, and why partitioned databases improve performance, cost, and scalability.
IBM Cloudant Search video
Learn how to use IBM Cloudant Search, as well as Lucene query language and faceting.
Under the hood video
Learn how the IBM Cloudant service is organized.
Summary
That's the end of this course. For more information, see the IBM Cloudant documentation and blog.