1. Kristina Chodorow
OSCON 2009

3. collection

4. database
logs
eaters
fruit
pie

5. name : Burt
home : Kenya
born : Date(“2 years ago”)
price : 29.99
color : black
fromTheSixties : true

6. captain : “Kirk”
ship : “NCC 1701”
stardate : 2634.3
space.star.trek.save(obj)

7. Querying
db.star.trek.find({stardate : {$gt : 1234.0},
$where : function(obj) {
illogicalFunc = function() {/*…*/};
if (illogicalFunc(obj.spock)) { /* … */ }
else { /* … */ }
}})

8. Indexes
• Ascending/Descending
• Single/Multiple Key
• Unique/Non-unique

10. Getting It
$ curl -O
http://downloads.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-
linux-i686-latest.tgz
$ tar zxvf
http://downloads.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-
linux-i686-latest.tgz
$ mkdir ~/db
$ mongodb-linux-i686-latest/bin/mongod –-
dbpath ~/db
www..mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Downloads

11. JavaScript Shell
$ mongodb-linux-i686-
latest/bin/mongo
url: test
connecting to: test
type “help” for help
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13. http://www.mongodb.org
Google Groups: mongodb-user
irc.freenode.net#mongodb
@mongodb, @kchodorow
kristina@10gen.com
http://www.slideshare.net/kchodorow