Mongo - KeynesYouDigIt/Knowledge GitHub Wiki

Overview

  • Data is stored in bson, which binary JSON.
  • Mongo creates databases and connections on save. No need to explicitly create anything.
  • Documents with arrays have a __v property that indicates whether some of the indexes might have shifted.
  • Simplicity of design, only do one thing.

RDBMS Equivalents

  • Collections = Tables
  • Documents = Records
  • Keys = Columns

ORMs