The MEAN Stack: MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS and Node.js. By Valeri Karpov, Kernel Tools engineer at MongoDB and and co-founder of the Ascot Project.
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me for help with PostgreSQL. As someone who’s been blissfully SQL-free for a year, I was quite curious to find out why he wasn’t just using MongoDB instead. It turns out that he thinks MongoDB is too difficult to use for a quick weekend hack, and this couldn’t be farther from the truth. I just finished my second 24 hour hackathon using Mongo and NodeJS (the FinTech Hackathon cosponsored by 10gen) and can confidently say that there is no reason to use anything else for your next hackathon or REST API hack. First of all, there are huge advantages to using a uniform language throughout your stack. Another big reason to go with MongoDB is that you can use it in the same way you would a MySQL database (at least at a high level).
As a NoSQL database, MongoDB also allows us to define our schema entirely on the code side. Var User = db.model('users', UserSchema); Node.js Language Center. You use Node.js to write event-driven, scalable network programs in server-side JavaScript.
Node.js runs on Google’s V8. This section describes the available tools and suggested practices for using Node.js with MongoDB. For a more detailed discussion, see the Node.js Driver Manual. The following are the README and source code: Node.js Driver The MongoDB Node.js driver is the officially supported node.js driver for MongoDB. Install or Upgrade The easiest way to install is to use npm: Object Mappers Because MongoDB is so easy to use, the basic Node.js driver can be the best solution for many applications.
Other Notable Projects Mongoskin: Layer for node-mongodb-native.Mongolia: Lightweight MongoDB ORM/driver wrapper.Mongojs: Somewhat mimics the MongoDB shell api. Each of these projects build on top of the native Node.js driver, and so some knowledge of that is useful, especially if you work with a custom MongoDB configuration. 3rd Party Drivers A few 3rd party drivers exist. Node.js and MongoDB - Getting started with MongoJS. HEADS UP!
This article was written for an older version of node. More up-to-date information may be available elsewhere. It won't be an exaggeration if one claims that in the past few months Node.js and MongoDB have literally taken the software and web industries by storm. Not just bleeding-edge startups but even medium and large enterprises are leveraging these two technologies to deliver a better experience to their users by build more capable, performant and scalable apps. So what is Node.js? Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications.
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