CHAPTER 7

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MongoDB e-Commerce Database Model

The market for open source e-commerce software keeps on growing every year. For proof, just look at the many popular platforms that are used today as starting points for a variety of e-commerce applications. For example, Magento, Zen Cart, and Spree all provide database schemas ready for storing and querying categories, products, orders, inventories, and so on. Despite the differences among these platforms, they all have something in common: they provide a SQL database.

For NoSQL stores, the e-commerce software market is a challenge, with most NoSQL stores considered inappropriate for e-commerce. MongoDB, ...

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