Storing and retrieving data with MongoDB
MongoDB is a NoSQL database offering that maintains a philosophy of performance over features. It's designed for speed and scalability. Instead of working relationally, it implements a document-based model that has no need for schemas (column definitions). The document model works well for scenarios where relationships between data are flexible and where minimal potential data loss is an acceptable cost for the speed enhancements (a blog for instance).
While it's in the NoSQL family, MongoDB attempts to sit between two worlds, providing a syntax reminiscent of SQL but operating non-relationally.
In this task, we'll implement the same quotes database as in the previous recipe, using MongoDB instead of MySQL. ...
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