New To Capella Free Tier? 10 Things For You To Know [Video]

The wait for a Capella perpetual free tier is over! Now the Couchbase DBaaS is available to all: students, hobbyists, startups, and enterprises alike. For those brand new to the Couchbase ecosystem, here are 10 resources you should check out that will help you get the most out of Capella.

1. IDE plugins for VSCode and JetBrains

Capella has a web UI for running queries, setting up buckets, managing credentials, and more. But for day-to-day coding work, you may benefit from an IDE plugin.

• • VSCode
  • JetBrains (7 Minute Tour)

These plugins provide syntax highlighting, CRUD operations, visualizations, data migration, Couchbase Lite integration, and more.

These plugins are open source, and you can contribute to them on GitHub:

• • Couchbase VSCode plugin on GitHub
  • Couchbase JetBrains plugin on GitHub

2. Sample projects

There are a variety of sample projects, in a variety of languages that range from “Hello, World” to complete applications.

Conduit

Conduit(from the RealWorld project) is a spec of a basic Medium …