How to know if a new version of a NoSQL SDK exist?

[dario-vega]

The Oracle NoSQL SDK drivers

The Oracle NoSQL SDK drivers are available on GitHub:

• Oracle NoSQL SDK for Java
• Node.js for Oracle NoSQL Database
• .NET SDK for Oracle NoSQL Database
• Oracle NoSQL Database Go SDK
• Oracle NoSQL Database SDK for Spring Data
• Oracle NoSQL Database Python SDK
• Oracle NoSQL Database Rust SDK

Because we are using GitHub, you can subscribe and know when a new release for a specific driver is available. See the following video - in this case, I am subscribing to watch only for a new release of Java SDK. For the other drivers, I am watching all the activity.

subscribe-new-release-github.mp4

[dario-vega]

But it is not the only way. In my case, I also created a private Slack channel, I am receiving a notification when something happens in a GitHub repository, and I can comment, etc; directly from Slack.

https://slack.github.com/

[dario-vega]

Finally, if I am a Java developer using Maven. If I want to know if a new version exists, I could execute the following command. And I will have the delta between the version I am using and the latest version in Maven Central

mvn versions:display-dependency-updates

[INFO] The following dependencies in Dependencies have newer versions:
[INFO]   com.oracle.nosql.sdk:nosqldriver .................... 5.4.15 -> 5.4.17
[INFO]   com.oracle.oci.sdk:oci-java-sdk-nosql ............... 3.50.1 -> 3.65.0
[INFO]   junit:junit ......................................... 4.13.1 -> 4.13.2
[INFO]   org.testcontainers:testcontainers ................... 1.19.3 -> 1.21.0

Or I can also generate a nightly rapport

mvn versions:dependency-updates-report

$ tree target/reports/
target/reports/
├── css
│   ├── apache-maven-fluido-2.0.0-M9.min.css
│   ├── print.css
│   └── site.css
├── dependency-updates-report.html
├── fonts
│   ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot
│   ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg
│   ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf
│   └── glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff
├── images
│   ├── accessories-text-editor.png
│   ├── add.gif
│   ├── apache-maven-project-2.png
│   ├── application-certificate.png
│   ├── contact-new.png
│   ├── document-properties.png
│   ├── drive-harddisk.png
│   ├── fix.gif
│   ├── icon_error_sml.gif
│   ├── icon_help_sml.gif
│   ├── icon_info_sml.gif
│   ├── icon_success_sml.gif
│   ├── icon_warning_sml.gif
│   ├── image-x-generic.png
│   ├── internet-web-browser.png
│   ├── logos
│   │   ├── build-by-maven-black.png
│   │   ├── build-by-maven-white.png
│   │   └── maven-feather.png
│   ├── network-server.png
│   ├── package-x-generic.png
│   ├── profiles
│   │   ├── pre-release.png
│   │   ├── retired.png
│   │   └── sandbox.png
│   ├── remove.gif
│   ├── rss.png
│   ├── update.gif
│   └── window-new.png
├── img
│   ├── glyphicons-halflings.png
│   └── glyphicons-halflings-white.png
└── js
    └── apache-maven-fluido-2.0.0-M9.min.js

It really depends on the language and tools used