December 2014
Intermediate to advanced
300 pages
6h 24m
English
MongoDB is a fantastic technology, but it is far from being the only option when it comes to adding a data store to your applications. There are a number of NoSQL alternatives such as Redis, CouchDB, and Cassandra. Alternatively, you could turn to a relational database management system such as MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server. Using a relational database will require you to understand SQL, but picking up the basics of SQL is relatively easy. This chapter explores MySQL as a free, relational alternative to MongoDB. Technically, this deviates from the MEAN stack, but we feel strongly about exploring popular and viable alternatives.
Relational databases are still hugely popular, despite the ...
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