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Mastering MongoDB 3.x

You're reading from   Mastering MongoDB 3.x An expert's guide to building fault-tolerant MongoDB applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783982608
Length 342 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Application design

In this section, we will describe the most useful tips for application design that we have not covered or emphasized enough in the previous chapters.

Schema-less doesn't mean schema design-less

A big part of MongoDB's success can be attributed to the increased popularity of ORM/ODMs. Especially with languages such as JavaScript and the MEAN stack, the developer can use JavaScript from the frontend (Angular/Express) to the backend (Node.js) to the database (MongoDB). This is many times coupled with an Object Document Mapper (ODM) that abstracts away the internals of the database, mapping collections to Node.js models.

The major advantage is that developers don't need to fiddle with database...

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