Beginner Step Into MongoDB

After installing MongoDB, I’m really excited to learn more about MongoDB.

What is it anyway?

MongoDB is document oriented database, which bridges the gap between key-value stores (which are fast and highly scalable) and traditional RDBMS systems (which provide rich queries and deep functionality). It’s written in the C++ and has been developed since October 2007 by 10gen.

Why is it matter?

• Speed
• Auto sharding
• Fast In-Place Updates
• GridFS – Store files of any size without complicating your stack.
• Commercial Support – if you have problem using MongoDB, you can ask for commercial support.

Who use it?

Why bother to learn if there are no real company use it? Well, here some of companies who use MongoDB :

• Foursquare
• Bit.ly
• Sourceforge
• Github
• Disqus
• The New York Times
• and others

What next?

I have collected some resources to help myself to learn more about MongoDB. Maybe they will help you too.

• Official MongoDB Project Website
• Getting Started With MongoDB (Python)
• MongoDB Aggregation
• MongoDB FAQs
• Notes from a production MongoDB deployment
• MongoFR Videos and Slides
• Screencast: A step by step intro to MongoDB
• Peter Bengtsson: Using MongoDB in your Django app – implications and benefits
• MongoDB EuroPython 2009
• MongoDB Schemas: Data as Documents
• MongoDB Administration
• Using MongoDb to store geographic data
• Basic Commands to Get You Started with MongoDB
• Create a Simple App with Django and MongoDB

Related posts:

1. My First Step Into MongoDB – Installing MongoDB on Ubuntu
2. MongoDB Basic Operations
3. [Link] MongoEngine

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