MongoDB: The Definitive Guide

Preface

How This Book Is Organized

Getting Up to Speed with MongoDB

In Chapter 1, Introduction, we provide some background about MongoDB: why it was created, the goals it is trying to accomplish, and why you might choose to use it for a project. We go into more detail in Chapter 2, Getting Started, which provides an introduction to the core concepts and vocabulary of MongoDB. Chapter 2 also provides a first look at working with MongoDB, getting you started with the database and the shell.

Developing with MongoDB

The next two chapters cover the basic material that developers need to know to work with MongoDB. In Chapter 3, Creating, Updating, and Deleting Documents, we describe how to perform those basic write operations, including how to do them with different levels of safety and speed. Chapter 4, Querying, explains how to find documents and create complex queries. This chapter also covers how to iterate through results and options for limiting, skipping, and sorting results.

Advanced Usage

The next three chapters go into more complex usage than simply storing and retrieving data. Chapter 5, Indexing, explains what indexes are and how to use them with MongoDB. It also covers tools you can use to examine or modify the indexes used to perform a query, and it covers index administration. Chapter 6, Aggregation, covers a number of techniques for aggregating data with MongoDB, including counting, finding distinct values, grouping documents, and using MapReduce. Chapter 7, Advanced Topics ...