Summary
In this chapter, we looked at two different NoSQL databases: LevelDB, a key/value datastore, and MongoDB, a much more powerful, document-oriented database. We utilized each of them and utilized Mocha to implement an automated test for the database layer. Now, it is time to decide which database we will use further to build a fully-fledged RESTful web service in the next chapter. The choice is rather logical—because of the document-oriented capabilities, we will proceed with MongoDB.
In the next chapter, we will extend the user-defined module by including support for searching via document attributes, and add filtering and pagination capabilities that will finally evolve into fully-fledged RESTful service implementation.
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