Database suggestions for a beginner

Wappler General
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Hi there,

I’m pretty new here, but I’ve been playing around with Wappler and I’m quite enjoying it. There’s lots of learning still to be had, but that comes with time and practice.

Anyway - My question is regarding databases. I’d like to connect a database so I can use test data and get a handle on how it all works. I’ve looked into, and attempted, to install Docker as this seems like the simplest approach, but it appears that my CPU doesn’t support Hyper-V fully. So that’s out of the question.

I wondered if anybody could suggest some ‘newbie-friendly’ databases. I’d be looking for something that wouldn’t cost anything at testing/development stage, but could be scaled if required. I would rather spend a bit more time learning a product that was sustainable than grow out of a niche beginner product that I have to move from if I wished to scale.

I hope this makes sense! Suggestions welcome.

Edit 06/11/20 - Digital Ocean doesn’t seem to provide a free option.

Thanks,
Jon

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Hi @JForse and welcome to the Wappler Community !!

Here’s a link that might be of assistance.

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Hi @scott. Thank you for the warm welcome!

Heroku looks interesting. Thank you for the suggestion. I’ll look into it in more detail. Much appreciated.

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I would suggest using MySQL as a more newbie friendly DB over PostgreSQL.

I’ve used both and while I’m happy I changed to postgres for some of it’s more advanced features, MySQL was easier.

With a Wappler docker project you can develop locally with a edatabase running in your docker container/image so no need to find a server or host yet.

I tried a few db manager tools and found Navicat to be the easiest for me to use. It is paid though although there is a trial.

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Hi Jon and welcome as well!

For easy leaning and testing you really should try to get docker desktop installed. It even runs on the latest windows 10 home.

If hyperv is not able to run - usually there is a setting in your bios settings to enable it.