MongoDB In-Depth: The Difference Between RDBMS and MongoDB

Before we begin inserting data into mongoDB we need to understand the difference between Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) and mongoDB.  RDBMS is a database many of us worked with in the past.  You have tables and relationships between those tables.  We will use the ACME Bank that we were build our AngularJS SPA application as an example.

MongoDB In-Depth: Installing MongoDB on Windows

In the previous post we installed MongoDB on Linux on this post we are going to install MongoDB on Windows.

Here are the steps:

1. Go to https://www.mongodb.com/download-center/community, then click on the "Download" button

MongoDB In-Depth: Basic MongoDB Commands

In this post we are going to go over some basic commands that you can run on a machine that has MongoDB installed.

One of the first thing you want to do is to connect to MongoDB so that you can run more commands.
Here is the command to connect to MongoDB

mongo --host=localhost --port=27017

All you need is the name of the host and port number, 27017 is the default port number and since we running the command on the MongoDB host, the host is localhost

MongoDB In-Depth: Installing MongoDB on Linux

In this post we are going to install MongoDB on a Linux operating system.

Here are the steps:

1.  Download the community edition of MongoDB from the page https://www.mongodb.com/download-center?jmp=nav#community click on the "Linux" tab is selected and select the Linux version that you want

MongoDB In-Depth: Setting Up And Starting MongoDB For The First Time

In the previous post we installed MongoDB on a Linux orperating system.  On this post we are going to setup the data folder that MongoDB needs and connect to MongoDB in the command line. 

Here are the steps:

1.  Create a folder call /data/ then create another folder call db underneath it with the mkdir command, I've already created the folder so I can't do it on the command prompt again.

AngularJS SPA: Install RoboMongo GUI for MongoDB

In this post we will be installing the RoboMongo user interface for MongoDB.  The advantage of a GUI is that you can see the documents in MongoDB visually also there is a validate future that is quite useful when you make changes to the data.

Here are the steps to install RoboMongo:

1.  Go to https://robomongo.org/download and click on the "Download" button

AngularJS SPA : Install MongoDB as a Windows Service

In the previous blog post we created a configuration file for our MongoDB database in this post we will install MongoDB as a Windows service so that we don't have to start the service in the command line every time we want to use it to save development time.

Here are the steps to install MongoDB:

1.  Open the command prompt as an "Administrator"

2.  Change the mongo-db-config.conf file to use absolute paths.  You can get the instructions on how to create a MongoDB configuration file in this blog post

            dbpath = C:\techjunkie\mongodb\db
            logpath = C:\techjunkie\mongodb\mongo-db-server.log
            verbose = vvvvv

if the folder dpath folder does not exists in Windows create the folder "db" inside the "mongodb" folder, else the service start will fail

AngularJS SPA: Create a MongoDB Configuration File

In the previous blog post be installed mongoDB now, we are going to create a configuration file for mongoDB to use during startup.

In this configuration file we will specify the following:

• location of the data files
• log file path
• the verbosity of the log file

AngularJS SPA : Installing MongoDB

Now that we have our AngularJS environment set up we need a database.  We are going to use MongoDB as a database.  MongoDB is a NoSQL database which is a perfect fit for JavaScript centric applications that we are building.  To install MongDB go to https://www.mongodb.com/download-center?jmp=nav#community to make sure you are installing the "Community Edition" of MongoDB.  On the "Community Server" tab select the operating system that you will be installing MongoDB in, then click on the "Download button.