Introduction
The seed for The Definitive Guide to MongoDB was actually planted some years ago when I walked into a local bookstore, and first spotted a book on databases. I started reading the back-cover copy and a few pages of the front matter, but quickly found the book closed in my hands, as I quietly mumbled to myself: "Humph. Who needs databases, other than a very large enterprise?" I put the book back, and headed home without thinking any more about it.
Nearly two years later, I was toying with the idea of setting up a simple website in plain HTML code, and, while searching for some "funky" ideas that I could use with my limited space and options, I came across the term "databases" again and again. As I was no longer able to ignore the existence ...
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