MongoDB

Discover how MongoDB can help you manage a huMONGOus amount of data collected through your web application. This book covers the basic principles and advanced uses of this document-oriented database, and demonstrates why MongoDB is one of the fastest-growing databases. Learn how MongoDB handles data as self-contained JSON-style documents, rather than as records in different relational database tables -- and why MongoDB is scalable, high- performance, and reliable. This authoritative introduction, written by two software engineers from the company that develops this open-source database, offers guidance for programmers and advanced configuration for system administrators. The opening chapters about concepts and use cases are ideal for others on the project.