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MongoDB 4 Quick Start Guide

By : Doug Bierer
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MongoDB 4 Quick Start Guide

By: Doug Bierer

Overview of this book

MongoDB has grown to become the de facto NoSQL database with millions of users, from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. It can solve problems that are considered difficult, if not impossible, for aging RDBMS technologies. Written for version 4 of MongoDB, this book is the easiest way to get started with MongoDB. You will start by getting a MongoDB installation up and running in a safe and secure manner. You will learn how to perform mission-critical create, read, update, and delete operations, and set up database security. You will also learn about advanced features of MongoDB such as the aggregation pipeline, replication, and sharding. You will learn how to build a simple web application that uses MongoDB to respond to AJAX queries, and see how to make use of the MongoDB programming language driver for PHP. The examples incorporate new features available in MongoDB version 4 where appropriate.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Using the MongoDB Shell

This chapter covers how to use the mongo (https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongo/#bin.mongo) command shell to perform simple CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations on the database. In addition, you'll learn how to customize the shell and run scripts directly from the command line. This chapter will be of critical interest to DBAs (database admins), but also developers and IT professionals who want to know what is possible.

The topics that we will learn in this chapter are:

  • Overview
  • Performing Simple Queries
  • Database and Collection Operations
  • Creating, Updating, or Deleting Documents
  • Creating and Running Shell Scripts