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Create a D3 Dashboard With Cube.js

In this tutorial, I’ll cover building a basic dashboard application with Cube.js and the most popular library for visualizing data — D3.js. Although Cube.js doesn’t provide a visualization layer itself, it is very easy to integrate with any existing charting library. Additionally, you can use Cube.js Templates to scaffold a frontend application with your favorite charting library, frontend framework, and UI kit. The scaffolding engine will wire it all together and configure it to work with the Cube.js backend.

You can check the online demo of this dashboard here and the complete source code of the example app is available on Github.

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Open Source Databases: Pros and Cons of 3 Popular DBs

In the modern world of business, databases are a major pillar in the infrastructure of companies and how they run their operations. Every website you browse and every mobile application you download has to have a database running on the back-end in order to support the functionality you see on your computer or phone.

A large portion of enterprises rely on relational database management systems (RDBMS), although newer object-oriented models have gained popularity and usage in recent years. Even though Oracle remains one of the leading vendors of database services, more and more organizations are looking to open source solutions to meet their needs.