You may have heard of the MEAN stack: MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node.js, or the MERN stack: MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js. The missing piece that we have yet to discuss is MongoDB. Let’s explore how this NoSQL database can be used directly from Express. We'll be constructing the next iteration of our starship game that we started in Chapter 13, Using Express, except this time using MongoDB and incorporating a bit of testing!
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Using MongoDB
- Testing with Jest
- Storing and retrieving data
- Wiring your API together
Technical requirements
Be prepared to work with the code provided in the chapter-18 directory of the repository: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-on-JavaScript-for-Python-Developers/tree/master/chapter-18 ...
