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MongoDB Fundamentals

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

Advanced Queries

In the previous section, we connected to a MongoDB server, queried some data, outputted it, and handled any errors we encountered. However, an application or script would have limited utility if it could only perform read operations. In this section, we will apply write and update operations in the MongoDB driver. Furthermore, we will examine how we can use the function syntax to create reusable code blocks for our final application.

Inserting Data with the Node.js Driver

Similar to the mongo shell, we can use either the insertOne or insertMany function to write data into our collection. These functions are called on the collection object. The only parameter we need to pass into these functions is a single document in the case of insertOne, or an array of documents in the case of insertMany. The following is a code snippet that includes how to use insertOne and insertMany with callbacks. By now, you should be able to recognize that this is an incomplete snippet...