Chapter 1. A database for the modern web
- MongoDB’s history, design goals, and key features
- A brief introduction to the shell and the drivers
- Use cases and limitations
If you’ve built web applications in recent years, you’ve probably used a relational database as the primary data store, and it probably performed acceptably. Most developers are familiar with SQL, and most of us can appreciate the beauty of a well-normalized data model, the necessity of transactions, and the assurances provided by a durable storage engine. And even if we don’t like working with relational databases directly, a host of tools, from administrative consoles to object-relational mappers, helps alleviate any unwieldy complexity. Simply put, the ...
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