Summary
In this chapter, we have covered a detailed structure of MongoDB documents and document-based models, which is important before we dive into more advanced concepts in the upcoming chapters. We began our discussion with the transportation and storage of information in the form of JSON-like documents that provide a flexible and language-independent format. We studied an overview of JSON documents, the document structure, and basic data types, followed by BSON document specifications and differentiating between BSON and JSON on various parameters.
We then covered MongoDB documents, considering their flexibility, self-containment, relatability, and agility, as well as various data types provided by BSON. Finally, we made a note of MongoDB's limitations and restrictions for documents and learned why the limitations are imposed and why they are important.
In the next chapter, we will use the mongo shell and Mongo Compass to connect to an actual MongoDB server and manage...