Introduction

With billions of people using the Internet today, traditional RDBMS database solutions have difficulty meeting the rapidly growing need to handle large amounts of data. The growing trend is to introduce specialized databases that are not restricted to the conventions and the legacy overhead of traditional SQL databases. These databases are given the term NoSQL, meaning “Not Only SQL.” They are designed not to replace SQL databases, but to provide a different perspective in storing data.

This book teaches you the concepts of NoSQL through the MongoDB perspective. MongoDB is a NoSQL database that has a reputation for being easy to implement while still robust and scalable. It is currently the most popular NoSQL database in use. MongoDB ...

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