Why learn MongoDB ❓ #

• MongoDB is a document-oriented, NoSQL database.

• MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents, which enables users to work with different types of data.

• It offers flexible data storage, although a schema can be added at anytime. MongoDB guarantees better scalability and reduced complexity.

🎓 Take Away Skills #

• How to install and use MongoDB locally and in the cloud (MongoDB Atlas)

• How to work with Mongo Shell

• Perform create, read, update and delete operations on MongoDB databases

• Apply query operators to find data effectively

• Use indexes and aggregation pipelines

• MongoDb drivers

🛠️ Prerequisites #

🧑🏻‍💻 Programming Knowledge #

• Knowledge of any programming language

• Knowledge of JavaScript and JSON will be helpful

📲 Installation and Setup #

• You can use any operating system

• Mongo Shell : Download

💡 Learning Session #

🎯 Topics to Learn #

- Installation

- Collections and documents

- Local vs Cloud Database

- MongoDB Shell

- Read or find documents

- Adding new documents

- Update existing documents

- Deleting documents

- Query Operators

🧠 Resources to learn the mentioned topics:

• Documentation
• MongoDB Crash Course

🛠️ Activity

• Create a database and collection of your choice and practice adding, fetching, updating, and deleting documents.

🎯Topics to Learn #

- Aggregation

- Indexing

- Schema validation

- MongoDB drivers

🧠 Resources to learn the mentioned topics:

• Aggregation
• MongoDB Indexes
• Schema validation
• MongoDB Drivers

🛠️ Activity

• You can develop an app using MongoDB for database to store details about the books in a book shop.
  • The application stores information including names of books and authors, genre, rating, etc.
  • Indexes can be created based on authors and genre for ease of searching for books.
  • Apply projection to show only the necessary data.
  • Functionality to update status on availability of books, to add new books, etc.

🔖 Resource Pool #

📄 Articles/Blogs #

• Get started with MongoDB in 10 minutes

• MongoDB Tutorial

• Building a Simple CRUD app with Node, Express, and MongoDB

📽️ Videos #

• Complete MongoDB Tutorial

• MongoDB Crash Course

• MongoDB Developer Learning Paths

🗞️ Newsletters #

• MongoDB Newsletter

🚀 Project Pool #

• File sharing Application

  • Create an online file-sharing app. MongoDB provides cloud storage which makes it easy to store any file to share.
  • This will work the same way google drive and dropbox work.
  • You can build space to upload a file. Users would be able to upload and download whenever they wish to.

• App to publish writings online

  • App that lets users upload private and public stories. Public stories are to be viewed by all users. Users can edit and delete their stories.
  • Link to repo

• Recipe manager

  • A recipe manager application that stores recipes and allows users to search, filter, and save recipes based on ingredients and cuisine.

Created with 💙 by Aysha Hakeem & TinkerHub