Instant MongoDB

by Amol Nayak

In Detail

MongoDB is a high-performance and feature-rich Document Orientated Database. This popular, highly scalableNoSQL database is used to power some of the world's most used applications and websites.

MongoDB Starter is designed to get you working with MongoDB as quickly as possible. Starting with the installation and setup, we quickly show you how to start importing your data into the database. Furthermore, you will learn about CRUD operations in MongoDB, its Map Reduce support, schema design, and performance tuning operations.

After successfully installing and setting up MongoDB, you will be introduced to important configuration parameters and the terminologies used in the Mongo world and their equivalent in the relational world. You will learn how to import data into the database and connect to the MongoDB from the Mongo shell and execute some queries. We will then move on to advanced topics such as performing insert, update and upsert(update + insert) operations, executing advanced queries, schema design concepts, and creating indexes for performance. MongoDB Starter finishes with a look at the new aggregation framework, Map Reduce operations, and how to bulk import and export data.

Approach

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. MongoDB Starter is a fast and practical guide designed to help you start developing high-performance and scalable applications using MongoDB.

Who this book is for

MongoDB Starter is ideal for developers who are new to MongoDB and who need a no-nonsense guide on how to start working with it. No knowledge of MongoDB is required to follow this book, but some knowledge of C++ would be helpful.

Genres: Nonfiction

72 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Ivan Fraixedes · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is a really nice guide to get into MongoDB very quickly and know about its advantages, drawbacks and quirks.
The guide is good start point if the reader is experienced with SQL database and wants to know for what use cases MondoDB may fit better. It instruct about the MongoDB CRUD commands and the filters and op, drawbacks and quirks.
The guide is good start point if the reader is experienced with SQL database and wants to know for what use cases MondoDB may fit better. It instruct about the MongoDB CRUD commands and the filters and operators involved with them.

Moreover it introduces the MongoDB indexing, guiding you with an example and hands on lab how MongoDB can advice you and how indexing will improve sustancialy your searches; It also guide you about how to design the "schema" of the database based in an real example, making a comparison between SQL and MongoDB database design.

At the end the book makes an introduction about the awesome MondoDB aggregation framework and its Map Reduce capabilities.

Are you ready to read it, then go for it

[Al · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good primer, but most of the information today is very outdated. Read the official docs instead.

[Jose Manuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente introducción a MongoDB. Clara, concisa, y al grano, que es lo que hace falta en un libro introductorio.

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