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MongoDB Fundamentals

By : Amit Phaltankar, Juned Ahsan, Michael Harrison, Liviu Nedov
Book Image

MongoDB Fundamentals

By: Amit Phaltankar, Juned Ahsan, Michael Harrison, Liviu Nedov

Overview of this book

MongoDB is one of the most popular database technologies for handling large collections of data. This book will help MongoDB beginners develop the knowledge and skills to create databases and process data efficiently. Unlike other MongoDB books, MongoDB Fundamentals dives into cloud computing from the very start – showing you how to get started with Atlas in the first chapter. You will discover how to modify existing data, add new data into a database, and handle complex queries by creating aggregation pipelines. As you progress, you'll learn about the MongoDB replication architecture and configure a simple cluster. You will also get to grips with user authentication, as well as techniques for backing up and restoring data. Finally, you'll perform data visualization using MongoDB Charts. You will work on realistic projects that are presented as bitesize exercises and activities, allowing you to challenge yourself in an enjoyable and attainable way. Many of these mini-projects are based around a movie database case study, while the last chapter acts as a final project where you will use MongoDB to solve a real-world problem based on a bike-sharing app. By the end of this book, you'll have the skills and confidence to process large volumes of data and tackle your own projects using MongoDB.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface

6. Updating with Aggregation Pipelines and Arrays

Overview

This chapter introduces you to two additional features of update operations in MongoDB. You will first learn how to perform some complex update operations using pipeline support. Using pipeline support, you will be able to write a multi-step update expression and also refer to the values of other fields. Next, the chapter covers the updating of array fields in documents, which involves adding elements to an array, updating or deleting all or specific elements, creating arrays as a set, and sorting array elements. You will practice pushing unique elements to an array and sorting its elements as part of the final activity. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to derive update expressions based on the values of other fields and manipulate array fields in the documents of a collection.