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MongoDB Course

Learn MongoDB from document modeling and CRUD through indexes, aggregation, Node.js, transactions, change streams, security, backups, and recovery.

5 modules · 20 lessons · No signup

Prerequisites: JavaScript, Node.js and Shell Commands

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What you'll learn

Design, query, secure, observe, and recover a MongoDB-backed application without copying a relational schema mechanically.

Course contents

  1. Document database foundations

    Documents, collections, BSON, local MongoDB, Atlas, and mongosh.

    1. ✓ Understand the document model
    2. ✓ Choose local MongoDB or Atlas
    3. ✓ Navigate with mongosh
    4. ✓ Check your understanding: document database foundations

  2. CRUD and querying

    Insert, find, update, delete, project, sort, paginate, and validate documents.

    1. ✓ Insert and read documents
    2. ✓ Update and delete deliberately
    3. ✓ Add schema validation
    4. ✓ Check your understanding: crud and querying

  3. Modeling and indexes

    Access patterns, embedding, references, document growth, indexes, and explain plans.

    1. ✓ Model from access patterns
    2. ✓ Choose embedding or references
    3. ✓ Index from real queries
    4. ✓ Check your understanding: modeling and indexes

  4. Applications and events

    Node.js drivers, aggregation pipelines, transactions, change streams, retries, and idempotency.

    1. ✓ Connect from Node.js
    2. ✓ Build an aggregation pipeline
    3. ✓ Choose transactions or change streams
    4. ✓ Check your understanding: applications and events

  5. Security and operations

    Authentication, network controls, replication, backups, monitoring, scaling, and recovery.

    1. ✓ Secure the database boundary
    2. ✓ Understand replication and scaling
    3. ✓ Back up, observe, and recover
    4. ✓ Check your understanding: security and operations