Part 1 – Basic MongoDB – Design Goals and Architecture

This part of the book covers all the basics surrounding MongoDB and will serve as an introduction to the world of MongoDB. We will go through the history of databases and how the need for MongoDB grew out of database evolution. We will learn how to design our database and model our data for efficiency, ease of development, and maintainability.

This part contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, MongoDB - A Database for the Modern Web
• Chapter 2, Schema Design and Data Modeling