SillyDB it's a simple key-value store. To create it I'm being inspired from other key value stores like LevelDB, Redis, or Bitcask.

This is a personal project meant to learn about databases. To do so I'm trying to create my own one, following the book "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" as a guideline from Martin Kleppmann.

I'm also learning C so that's the reason behind the language choice. Maybe I'll make implementations for C++ and Rust in the future.

Build

Using CMake

Build it from the terminal using the cmake tool.

1. Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/MarkelCA/SillyDB.git
cd SillyDB

2. Create build folder

From the root folder:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. # Uses the CMakeLists.txt file from the parent folder

3. Compile the project using the created build folder

cmake --build ./build

CLion

Compiling it from the CLion IDE has some advantages, one of them being the debugger capabilities that the IDE enables.

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/MarkelCA/SillyDB.git
cd SillyDB

2. Create the cmake-build-debug directory at the root folder.

From the root folder:

mkdir cmake-build-debug

2. Run the CMakeLists.txt file from the IDE using the Debug CMake button.

Config

Run

1. Start the server

./bin/start

2. Connect to the database

telnet localhost 8080

Examples

This is a telnet prompt example with a bunch commands.

➜  ~ telnet localhost 8080
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
get foo
"bar"
get 1234
(nil)
set fizz buzz
"OK"
get fizz
"buzz"
set fizz bazz
"OK"
get fizz
"bazz"
get ae808cbc-f7e5-4a52-8187-aa8f5492308d
(nil)
set ae808cbc-f7e5-4a52-8187-aa8f5492308d {"firstName":"John","lastName":"Doe"}
"OK"
get ae808cbc-f7e5-4a52-8187-aa8f5492308d
"{"firstName":"John","lastName":"Doe"}"
list
"foo
x
ae808cbc-f7e5-4a52-8187-aa8f5492308d
fizz
a
b
"