Intro to MongoDB

Objectives

• Describe how Mongo databases came about & why they're useful
• Compare and contrast NoSQL with SQL
• Define what a document is in the context of MongoDB
• Explain the difference between embedded and referenced documents, and how we use each to model relationships in MongoDB
• Issue basic CRUD commands to a database from the Mongo Shell

Administration Interface

In PostgreSQL, we used an administration interface (PG Commander) to easily interact with our database.

For OSX users, we recommend MongoHub

For Linux users, we recommend the free edition of Robomongo