1. Content Management
Systems and MongoDB
Mitch Pirtle
MongoSF - April 30 2010
San Francisco, CA

2. One thing real quick, before
we get started.

3. About this presentation
Databases from a CMS perspective
How we got to where we are now
What MongoDB brings to the equation
Where we are going

4. About me
Nothing but web since 1995
Contributor to many FOSS projects (Joomla founder)
Budding author
MongoDB for Web Development
Extreme Joomla! Performance
High-traffic projects (Jetsetter, MTV, Food Networks)
Husband, dad, skate punk, metalcore bassist

5. Familiar with CMS?

6. In the beginning...

7. Purpose of a CMS
Manage content
Organize navigation
Dynamic search
Self-service management of content

8. Challenges of a CMS
One size fits all
Based on ubiquitous platforms
Lowest common denominator

9. The result?

10. (HINT: MySQL was the
default.)

12. Nothing against MySQL,
but...
Brittle, inflexible
Difficult for scale
Difficult for speed
Difficult to code with
Lack of relational features pushed relational logic into
applications
Zero portability as a result

13. Where that leaves us
Everybody ran out and installed without asking
ISPs happily limited choice
End users and developers obsequiously took LAMP for
granted as the Right Tool for the Right Job™
Managing content, from a relational database
perspective, SUCKS
Building CMS apps is not much better either!

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15. Websites aren’t just content
Interactivity
Rich media
Social media
Web services integration
Crazy, whack-daddy scale

17. “How long can this go on?”

18. Introducing:

20. Where that leaves us now

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22. What I’ve learned
implementing CMS
platforms with MongoDB
under the hood

23. Lessons learned
Simplicity of code
Performance
Simplicity of scale
Rich media storage
Amazing concurrency

24. Coming to a CMS near you

25. Drupal for MongoDB
http://drupal.org/project/mongodb
D7: mongodb_cache: Store cache items in mongodb
D7: mongodb_field_storage: Store the fields in mongodb
D7: mongodb_session: Store sessions in mongodb
D6/D7: mongodb_watchdog: Store the watchdog messages in mongodb
D6/D7: mongodb: support library for the other modules
D7: mongodb_block: Store block information in mongodb. Very close to the core
block API
D7: mongodb_queue: DrupalQueueInterface implementation using mongodb
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/mongodb-humongous-drupal

26. Even MORE Drupal
Work to get listing API into core:
http://drupal.org/node/780154
Experimental goodies to play with:
http://drupalcode.org/viewvc/drupal/contributions/
sandbox/chx/dbtng_mongo_experimental/

27. Joomla!
MongoDB helper library for Joomla!
(come see me after the talk for access)
Branch of 1.6 development for alternative query builder
Full MongoDB support most likely in 2.0

28. Not CMS, but still relevant

29. Ruby & Rails
MongoMapper
http://github.com/jnunemaker/mongomapper/
Brings MongoDB to many RoR platforms
RadiantCMS
Typo
Mephisto

30. Lithium PHP framework
http://rad-dev.org/lithium/wiki
MongoDB native support
Projects demonstrating MongoDB support:
http://rad-dev.org/lithium_mongo/source
http://rad-dev.org/lithium_blog/source

31. CakePHP framework
MongoDB datasource
http://github.com/ichikaway/mongoDB-Datasource
Example article
http://mark-story.com/posts/view/using-mongodb-
with-cakephp

32. PHP framework
http://kohanaframework.org/
MangoDB
http://github.com/Wouterrr/MangoDB

33. MongoDB Language Center
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Drivers

34. Community Resources
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/
Community

35. Development Tracker
http://jira.mongodb.org

36. MongoDB Cookbook
http://cookbook.mongodb.org/

37. Explore MongoDB @Github
http://github.com/search?q=mongo

38. Thanks!
Email: mitch@spacemonkeylabs.com
Skype: mitch.pirtle
Web: http://www.spacemonkeylabs.com
Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/
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